EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
REQUIRED BY RULE 13A-14(A) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT 1934, AS AMENDED, AS
ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Francis K. Ruotolo, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report of ANTs software inc.;
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 small business issuer as of, and
for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) 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)) for the small business issuer 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 small business issuer, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this report is being prepared;
b. Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer'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
c. Disclosed in this report any change in the small business
issuer's internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the small business issuer's most recent
fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's fourth fiscal
quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
small business issuer's internal control over financial
reporting; and
5. The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I
have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer's
auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer'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 small business issuer'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 small
business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.
Date: November 12, 2004 /s/ Francis K. Ruotolo
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Francis K. Ruotolo, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer