ANTs software.com Adds Dr. Clive G. Whittenbury to Its Board of Directors.

Business/Technology Editors

BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2000

ANTs software.com, (OTC BB:ANTS) (www.antssoftware.com) a developer of advanced technologies to improve software performance today announced that Clive G. Whittenbury, Ph.D. has been elected to the Company's board of directors with immediate effect.

Dr. Whittenbury is Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Laser Directorate (US DOE/University of California) and is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Director of the Laboratory. He is also a member of recently appointed external review committees for the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a very large laser system for research into thermonuclear fusion.

During the Company's cooperation in the mid-1980s with Science Applications International Corporation ("SAIC"), a leading technical services and technology integration company undertaking diversified work for the US government, Dr. Whittenbury was Senior Vice President for Corporate Development at SAIC. In that capacity, Dr. Whittenbury became acquainted with the work of Herbert Sullivan, the Company's founder, and Sullivan's reputation at that time.

Dr. Whittenbury said, "One could not have predicted fifteen years ago that the extraordinary talents of Herb Sullivan, originally directed toward building a super computer, would provide an opportunity for high performance computer systems, exploiting Sullivan's original concepts, to impact the new world of e-commerce. I am pleased to enter this arena and join company with the very talented team that is reducing to commercial practice this exciting innovation

Frederick D. Pettit, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, said, "Dr.Whittenbury's knowledge of the origins of the Company's technologies and of its founder, his strong business management experience, including board experience with early stage companies, and his IT credentials made him a logical choice in our selection process. His appointment is also another step forward in fulfilling our objective of balancing our board with outside directors having skills and experience enabling them to provide management with seasoned, relevant guidance.

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"). In particular, when used in the preceding discussion, the words "plan", confident that", "believe", "expect", "intend to", and similar conditional expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Act and are subject to the safe harbor created by the Act. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, market conditions, competitive factors, technological development risks, factors relating to intellectual property rights, product development risks, market acceptance, the ability to recruit personnel, the ability to successfully complete additional financings, and other risks.