EXHIBIT
31.1





CERTIFICATION
OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002





I, Joseph
Kozak, President and Chief Executive Officer and President of ANTs software
inc., certify that:





1.  I have
reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of ANTs software inc. (the
“Company”);





2.  Based on
my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
with respect to the period covered by this report;





3.  Based on
my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report;





4.  The
Company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Company and
have:





a.  Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the Company is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;




b.  Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control
over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles;





c.  Evaluated
the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and





d.  Disclosed
in this report any change in the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the Company’s most recent quarter (the Company’s
fourth  quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting; and





5.  The
Company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s
auditors and the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):





a.  All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial information; and





b.  Any fraud,
whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting.





Date:
August 18, 2009


/s/Joseph
Kozak


Joseph
Kozak, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President