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# [The biggest GenAI patent holder isn't a model lab. It's SoftBank.](https://ganeshsivakum.hashnode.dev/the-biggest-genai-patent-holder-isn-t-a-model-lab-it-s-softbank?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

When the World Intellectual Property Organization updated its generative-AI patent analysis in July 2026, the headline finding was not about a model lab. The largest single holder of GenAI patent fami

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