Innovation has always been the engine of economic growth. Yet for something so essential to progress, it remains oddly reliant on happenstance, the right person with the right idea at the right time. Dr. Marcus Weller, founder of Deepinvent, believes that’s a problem worth solving. His new company isn’t just streamlining innovation — it’s rebuilding the process from the ground up with artificial intelligence at its core.

Launched in early 2025, Deepinvent bills itself as the first true “AI Innovator,” a term Weller does not use lightly. While most AI tools rely on extrapolating existing data or executing defined tasks, Deepinvent is designed to do something more radical: generate original intellectual property in any field, in minutes. It can take the seed of an idea and expand it, cultivating, validating, and eventually drafting a patent application, all within a single interface. For startups and enterprise teams alike, that represents a monumental shift in the pace and accessibility of R&D.

And the demand speaks for itself. On its first day post-launch, 158 companies signed on, including players from pharma, government, and big tech. But it’s startups, Weller says, that might benefit most. These are the teams with groundbreaking ideas and too little time — hustling to reach milestones, meet with investors, and often leaving patent filings on the back burner. Deepinvent doesn’t just catch up with that backlog — it pushes founders forward, helping them think through what to build next and how to protect it.

Perhaps most striking is that Deepinvent is already innovating on itself. In a trial run at the end of 2024, Weller fed the system its own architectural definition to see how it might be improved. What came back was a novel framework — a recursive, evolutionary inference model — previously recorded only in Weller’s own handwritten notebook. Within 15 minutes, the system had optimized itself and written a patent-worthy description of the advancement. That self-improving capability, paired with rapid patent generation, hints at the staggering potential of AI-driven invention.

Deepinvent’s interface is accessible regardless of technical background. Whether you’re a university researcher, a creative founder, or a product manager without engineering credentials, you simply input your idea. From there, the system builds a “knowledge graph” from real-time academic literature, patent filings, and industry data. It identifies underdeveloped areas — what Weller calls “white space” — where innovation is not just possible but probable. Then it generates variants of intellectual property targeted to those openings.

This isn’t just theory. Even in closed beta, the platform produced thousands of patent drafts. One standout involved an Amazon engineer who used Deepinvent to create an AR-based speed-reading e-reader. The AI-designed app showed users one word at a time through AR glasses, increasing reading speed by up to 400% and adjusting automatically based on text complexity. The system not only created the concept but also packaged it into patentable IP, which the engineer filed, prototyped, and turned into a startup concept within an hour.

The implications are sweeping. Deepinvent isn’t a passive assistant — it’s an active collaborator, one that Weller likens to a brilliant engineer laser-focused on your interests. While it doesn’t eliminate patent attorneys entirely, it drastically reduces the time and cost associated with developing new IP, especially at the earliest and most vulnerable stages of company building.

As an officially recognized “Level Four” AI under OpenAI’s taxonomy — the highest level defined so far — Deepinvent goes beyond chatbots, reasoning engines, and AI agents. It doesn’t just interpret existing knowledge. It generates future-facing innovation. If earlier AI models were reflections of the past, Deepinvent is about what comes next.

And that future might arrive faster than expected. Weller envisions integration with code-generation platforms, allowing Deepinvent users to export their IP directly into prototyping tools. That would create a seamless pipeline from concept to patent to functional product, compressing timelines from months to minutes.

For anyone interested in trying Deepinvent, the process is simple. Apply on their website, wait for approval, and once accepted, receive a free week of unlimited use. It’s a glimpse into what Weller believes is the next leap in human progress, a framework for innovation not dependent on luck but engineered with precision.

In a world where the pace of invention has often been constrained by bandwidth, budgets, and bureaucracy, Deepinvent offers something rare: a system designed not just to assist inventors but to elevate them.

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