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A comment on Ask HN: Do provisional patents matter for early-stage startups?.

Re:Ask HN: Do provisional patents matter for early-stage sta... by allinonetools_ on Monday February 09, 2026 @11:10AM (#46946799)
From what I have seen, early investors care far more about speed, adoption, and clarity of problem than provisionals. Patents help later, but at pre-seed/seed they rarely change a decision unless IP is the product. Shipping and learning usually wins.
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Re:Ask HN: Do provisional patents matter for early-stage sta... by gdad on Monday February 09, 2026 @11:35AM (#46947269)
aligned. And that is also what i am focussed on. But a friend suggested this as an optionality and I am wondering if it makes sense.
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