Every week another founder builds a product on AI-generated work, then asks the question the courts are still fighting over: who owns what a machine makes?

So far, the answer leans one way. U.S. authorities have said an invention or a creative work with no meaningful human author generally can't get a patent or a copyright, because those protections were built around human creativity. An AI listed as the sole inventor, or an image generated from a single prompt, may fall outside the system entirely.

But the line moves the moment a human meaningfully shapes the work, selecting, editing, arranging, combining. That human contribution can be protectable even when AI was involved. Where exactly the line sits is being drawn right now, case by case.

For founders, the takeaway is practical: don't assume the AI-made logo, copy, or invention at the center of your business is something you can own and defend like your own work. If it matters, get human authorship into it, and get advice before you build on it.

This is the frontier BLIP works on. We filed briefs at the U.S. Supreme Court and the Copyright Office on exactly these questions. We help founders understand what they can actually protect, free, if you qualify.