Ask HN: Monetizing Fast Sat Solver?

3 points by AnimalMuppet ↗ HN
If you had a screaming fast SAT solver, how would you monetize it? Sell it to the highest bidder? SAT-as-a-service? Something else?

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Does it solve SAT in P?
Well, it's not quite a true SAT solver. It can solve SAT in P, for random, unstructured problems, but there is a certain probability that it can't solve a problem, even if the problem actually has a solution. The more clauses, the higher the probability that my solver can't solve it.

It can solve 100 clauses with 99% probability.

I'd milk it. Generate income from it (SAT-As-A-Service), advertise if necessary (logistics companies, universities, etc), generate more income and once the trend peaks I'd sell it to the highest bidder (make sure to mention the amount of happy users I have).