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← Software is different from other patentable domains: adaptive, combinatorial, built for reuse.
13 connected korrents · 14 moments from 27 Apr 2002 to 17 Sept 2026.
Everything filed under LLMs
LLMs
Everything filed under SaaS
SaaS
Everything filed under the cloud
the cloud
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open source Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Software is different from other patentable domains: adaptive, combinatorial, built for reuse. Software is different from other patentable domains: adaptive, combinatorial, built for reuse. Last stated 25 years ago
by 27 Apr 2002
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Sean Barrett — holds since 2002-04-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Software is the only field of human labour with practitioner conferences and freely shared knowledge; every other field has only academic conferences and trade shows. — tap to centre the map on it Software is the only field of human labour with practitioner conferences and freely shared knowledge; every other field has only academic conferences and trade shows. Last stated 3 months ago
29 Jul 2026
HW
Hillel Wayne — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Network effects are not a sufficient moat, because software features get copied however many patents you hold. — tap to centre the map on it Network effects are not a sufficient moat, because software features get copied however many patents you hold. Last stated 6 months ago
26 Apr 2026
ES
Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Software development will shift from centralized systems to highly personalized, proliferating software abundance. — tap to centre the map on it Software development will shift from centralized systems to highly personalized, proliferating software abundance. Last stated 6 months ago
3 May 2026
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Yihui Xie — holds since 2026-05-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Product quality and software engineering ability no longer function as a competitive moat because AI can replicate them quickly. — tap to centre the map on it Product quality and software engineering ability no longer function as a competitive moat because AI can replicate them quickly. Last stated 7 months ago
3 Apr 2026
AK
Arvid Kahl — holds since 2026-04-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Too expensive" is never the real reason a customer cancels, because they already decided the price was acceptable when they bought. — tap to centre the map on it "Too expensive" is never the real reason a customer cancels, because they already decided the price was acceptable when they bought. Last stated 9 months ago
25 Jan 2026
JC
Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A $100,000 enterprise deal needs an executive sponsor to sign off and allocate the budget. — tap to centre the map on it A $100,000 enterprise deal needs an executive sponsor to sign off and allocate the budget. Last stated 2 months ago
23 Aug 2026
JA
Jen Abel — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A best-in-class product should be priced at the point where customers say it is starting to get expensive, not at the point where they would call it a bargain. — tap to centre the map on it A best-in-class product should be priced at the point where customers say it is starting to get expensive, not at the point where they would call it a bargain. Last stated 2 years ago
23 Mar 2025
RV
Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
JL
Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. Last stated 4 months ago
15 Jul 2026
DH
Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
PC
Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: After the cloud exit, the next step is out of the data centre: home servers and multi-gigabit home connections make the garage startup literal again. — tap to centre the map on it After the cloud exit, the next step is out of the data centre: home servers and multi-gigabit home connections make the garage startup literal again. Last stated a year ago
12 Jul 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Agents working locally can be far more powerful than any private walled garden that exists out there in the cloud. — tap to centre the map on it Agents working locally can be far more powerful than any private walled garden that exists out there in the cloud. Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
MT
Meng To — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents and AI coding will run on servers and from the cloud first, not on your laptop. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents and AI coding will run on servers and from the cloud first, not on your laptop. Last stated 4 months ago
28 Jun 2026
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-06-28 — tap for who they are
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Software is different from other patentable domains: adaptive, combinatorial, built for reuse.
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Software is the only field of human labour with practitioner conferences and freely shared knowledge; every other field has only academic conferences and trade shows.
Holds
Network effects are not a sufficient moat, because software features get copied however many patents you hold.
Holds
Software development will shift from centralized systems to highly personalized, proliferating software abundance.
Holds
Product quality and software engineering ability no longer function as a competitive moat because AI can replicate them quickly.
Holds
"Too expensive" is never the real reason a customer cancels, because they already decided the price was acceptable when they bought.
Holds
A $100,000 enterprise deal needs an executive sponsor to sign off and allocate the budget.
Holds
A best-in-class product should be priced at the point where customers say it is starting to get expensive, not at the point where they would call it a bargain.
Holds
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Holds
A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to.
Holds
A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls.
Holds
After the cloud exit, the next step is out of the data centre: home servers and multi-gigabit home connections make the garage startup literal again.
Holds
Agents working locally can be far more powerful than any private walled garden that exists out there in the cloud.
Holds
AI agents and AI coding will run on servers and from the cloud first, not on your laptop.
Holds