<PAGE>   1
      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2000
                          Registration No. 333-_______

                              --------------------

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                              --------------------

                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                       INFORMATION ARCHITECTS CORPORATION
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

                 NORTH CAROLINA                          87-0399301
         -------------------------------            -------------------
         (State or other jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer
         incorporation organization)                Identification No.)


           AMENDED AND RESTATED NON-STATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENTS
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                4064 Colony Road
                         Charlotte, North Carolina 28211
                                 (704) 365-2324
               (Address, including zip code and telephone number,
                      including area code, of Registrant's
                          principal executive offices)

                             ----------------------
                                 J. Dain Dulaney
                       INFORMATION ARCHITECTS CORPORATION
                                4064 Colony Road
                         Charlotte, North Carolina 28211
                                 (704) 365-2324
            (Name, address, including zip code and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                             ----------------------
                                    COPY TO:
                                 Jeffrey S. Hay
                       McGUIRE, WOODS, BATTLE & BOOTHE LLP
                             100 North Tryon Street
                                   Suite 2900
                         Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
                             ----------------------



<PAGE>   2

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Proposed Maximum
Title of Each Class of         Amount to be  Offering Price Per  Proposed Maximum           Amount of
Securities to be Registered    Registered    Share               Aggregate Offering Price   Registration Fee

<S>                            <C>           <C>                 <C>                        <C>
Common Stock of Information    24,996(1)     $6.68(2)            $103,793.28(2)             $27.40
Architects Corporation (par
value $.001 per share)

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</TABLE>

(1)    Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
       this Registration Statement also covers, in addition to the number of
       shares of common stock stated above, additional securities that may be
       offered as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar
       transactions.

(2)    Pursuant to Rule 457(h), computed based upon the price at which the
       options under the Amended and Restated Non-Statutory Stock Option
       Agreements may be exercised.


<PAGE>   3

         This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by us, relating to
24,996 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common
Stock") authorized and reserved for issuance under (a) the Amended and Restated
Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement, dated December 23, 1999 between
Information Architects Corporation and Sally Khudairi and (b) the Amended and
Restated Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement, dated December 22, 1999 between
Information Architects Corporation and Saroja Girishankar (the Amended and
Restated Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreements shall be referred to collectively
as the "Plan"). Both Sally Khudairi and Saroja Girishankar are non-employee
consultants ("Consultants") to us that are deemed "employees" for purposes of
this Form S-8 since (a) they are natural persons, (b) they provide and have
provided bona fide services to us and (c) the services are not in connection
with the offer or sale of securities in a capital raising transaction, and do
not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for our securities. The
options granted to Consultants under the Plan are subject to the terms of the
Plan.

                                     PART I
              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

Item 1.  Plan Information.

  Not required to be filed as part of this registration statement pursuant to
  Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.

Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

  Not required to be filed as part of this registration statement pursuant to
  Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.


                                     PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         This prospectus does not offer to sell or buy any shares in any
jurisdiction where it is unlawful. You should not assume that the information in
this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of
this document. The following documents filed by us with the SEC are incorporated
herein by reference and made a part hereof:

     1. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.

     All documents, filed subsequent to the date hereof by us with the SEC
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment hereto that indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or that de-registers all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof
from their respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents
enumerated above, are collectively referred to as "Incorporated Documents").

     Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded


<PAGE>   4

for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         Reference is made to the North Carolina Business Corporation Act, G.S.
55-8-52 and 55-8-56, which provides that unless limited by our articles of
incorporation, a North Carolina corporation must indemnify a director or officer
who has been wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of
any actual or threatened proceeding to which he was, or was threatened to be
made, a party because he is or was a director or officer of the corporation.
This statutory right of indemnification covers all reasonable expenses incurred
by the officer or director in connection with the proceeding, including counsel
fees.

         A North Carolina corporation can eliminate an individual's statutory
right to indemnification. However, the Registrant's Bylaws provide that
directors and officers shall have the right to be indemnified "to the fullest
permitted by law" and further provide that expenses incurred by an officer or
director shall be paid in advance of the final disposition of any investigation,
action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the
director or officer to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be
determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant.

         In addition, a North Carolina corporation may, but is not required to,
indemnify a director or officer against liability who has been named or
threatened to be named a party to a proceeding because he is or was acting in
that capacity if the officer or director (i) conducted himself in good faith,
(ii) had the reasonable belief that his conduct was in the corporation's best
interests if he was acting in his official capacity, or if not acting in an
official capacity, a reasonable belief that his conduct was not opposed to the
corporation's best interests, and (iii) in the case of a criminal proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. A North Carolina
corporation may also purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an officer or
director against liability incurred by him in that capacity, whether or not the
corporation would have the power to indemnify him under the statutory provisions
of North Carolina.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits

         See Exhibit Index


<PAGE>   5

Item 9.  Undertakings

         The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                  (a) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act;

                  (b) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), if in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"

                  (c) to include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or
any material change to such information in this registration statement;
provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b)
above shall not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") that are incorporated by reference in
this registration statement.

         (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the



                                       1
<PAGE>   6

Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, when applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934)that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of
prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h)
under the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of this registration
statement as of the time it was declared effective. For the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective
amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be
delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or
given, the latest annual report to security holders that is incorporated by
reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the
requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Exchange Act; and, where
interim financial information required to be presented by Article 3 of
Regulation S-X is not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be
delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest
quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by reference in the
prospectus to provide such interim financial information.

Item 8.        Exhibits.

         Exhibit
         Number   Description
         ------   ----------------------------------------------------

         3.2*     Articles Of Amendment To The Articles Of Incorporation Of
                  Alydaar Software Corporation

         3.3*     Articles Of Restatement of the Restated Articles of
                  Incorporation of Information Architects Corporation

         4.1      Amended and Restated Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement,
                  dated December 23, 1999 between Information Architects
                  Corporation and Sally Khudairi

         4.2      Amended and Restated Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement,
                  dated December 22, 1999 between Information Architects
                  Corporation and Saroja Girishankar

         5.1      Opinion of McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe LLP.



                                       2
<PAGE>   7

         23.1     Consent of Holtz Rubenstein & Co., LLP, independent auditors.

         23.2     Consent of McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe LLP (included in
                  Exhibit 5.1).

         24.1     Power of Attorney (included in signature page).

         --------------------------------------------------------------------
         *Incorporated by reference from previous filings with the Securities
         and Exchange Commission.



<PAGE>   8

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, the city of Charlotte, state of North Carolina, on April 7, 2000.


                                        INFORMATION ARCHITECTS CORPORATION

                                        By: /s/ ROBERT F. GRUDER
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                            Robert F. Gruder
                                            Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

SIGNATURE                                TITLE                      DATE
--------------------------    --------------------------       -------------

/s/ ROBERT F. GRUDER          Chief Executive Officer          April 7, 2000
------------------------      and Chairman of the Board
  (Robert F. Gruder)          (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ J. Wayne Thomas           Chief Financial Officer          April 7, 2000
------------------------      (Principal Financial and
  (J. Wayne Thomas)           Accounting Officer)


/s/ Thomas J. Dudchik         Senior Vice President and        April 7, 2000
------------------------      Director
/s/ J  (Thomas J. Dudchik)


/s/ Richard J. Blumberg       Director                         April 7, 2000
------------------------
  (Richard J. Blumberg)


/s/James H. McLaughlin        Director                         April 7, 2000
------------------------
(James H. McLaughlin)


         Each person whose signature appears above hereby appoints Robert F.
Gruder as such person's true and lawful attorney, with full power for him to
sign, for such person and in such person's name and capacity indicated below,
any and all amendments to this registration statement, hereby ratifying and
confirming such person's signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any
and all amendments.


<PAGE>   9

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Item 16  Exhibits.

         Exhibit
         Number
         ------

         3.2*     Articles Of Amendment To The Articles Of Incorporation Of
                  Alydaar Software Corporation

         3.3*     Articles Of Restatement of the Restated Articles of
                  Incorporation of Information Architects Corporation

         4.1      Amended and Restated Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement,
                  dated December 23, 1999 between Information Architects
                  Corporation and Sally Khudairi

         4.2      Amended and Restated Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement,
                  dated December 22, 1999 between Information Architects
                  Corporation and Saroja Girishankar

         5.1      Opinion of McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe LLP.

         23.1     Consent of Holtz Rubenstein & Co., LLP, independent auditors.

         23.2     Consent of McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe LLP (included in
                  Exhibit 5.1).

         24.1     Power of Attorney (included in signature page).

         --------------------------------------------------------------------
         *Incorporated by reference from previous filings with the Securities
         and Exchange Commission.
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1
      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2000
                          Registration No. 333-_______

                              --------------------

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                              --------------------

                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                       INFORMATION ARCHITECTS CORPORATION
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

                 NORTH CAROLINA                          87-0399301
         -------------------------------            -------------------
         (State or other jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer
         incorporation organization)                Identification No.)

           AMENDED AND RESTATED NON-STATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENTS
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                4064 Colony Road
                         Charlotte, North Carolina 28211
                                 (704) 365-2324
               (Address, including zip code and telephone number,
                      including area code, of Registrant's
                          principal executive offices)

                             ----------------------
                                 J. Dain Dulaney
                       INFORMATION ARCHITECTS CORPORATION
                                4064 Colony Road
                         Charlotte, North Carolina 28211
                                 (704) 365-2324
            (Name, address, including zip code and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                             ----------------------
                                    COPY TO:
                                 Jeffrey S. Hay
                       McGUIRE, WOODS, BATTLE & BOOTHE LLP
                             100 North Tryon Street
                                   Suite 2900
                         Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
                             ----------------------
2

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Proposed Maximum
Title of Each Class of         Amount to be  Offering Price Per  Proposed Maximum           Amount of
Securities to be Registered    Registered    Share               Aggregate Offering Price   Registration Fee
Common Stock of Information    24,996(1)     $6.68(2)            $103,793.28(2)             $27.40
Architects Corporation (par
value $.001 per share)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)    Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
       this Registration Statement also covers, in addition to the number of
       shares of common stock stated above, additional securities that may be
       offered as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar
       transactions.

(2)    Pursuant to Rule 457(h), computed based upon the price at which the
       options under the Amended and Restated Non-Statutory Stock Option
       Agreements may be exercised.
3

         This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by us, relating to
24,996 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common
Stock") authorized and reserved for issuance under (a) the Amended and Restated
Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement, dated December 23, 1999 between
Information Architects Corporation and Sally Khudairi and (b) the Amended and
Restated Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement, dated December 22, 1999 between
Information Architects Corporation and Saroja Girishankar (the Amended and
Restated Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreements shall be referred to collectively
as the "Plan"). Both Sally Khudairi and Saroja Girishankar are non-employee
consultants ("Consultants") to us that are deemed "employees" for purposes of
this Form S-8 since (a) they are natural persons, (b) they provide and have
provided bona fide services to us and (c) the services are not in connection
with the offer or sale of securities in a capital raising transaction, and do
not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for our securities. The
options granted to Consultants under the Plan are subject to the terms of the
Plan.

                                     PART I
              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

Item 1.  Plan Information.

  Not required to be filed as part of this registration statement pursuant to
  Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.

Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

  Not required to be filed as part of this registration statement pursuant to
  Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.

                                     PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         This prospectus does not offer to sell or buy any shares in any
jurisdiction where it is unlawful. You should not assume that the information in
this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of
this document. The following documents filed by us with the SEC are incorporated
herein by reference and made a part hereof:

     1. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.

     All documents, filed subsequent to the date hereof by us with the SEC
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment hereto that indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or that de-registers all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof
from their respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents
enumerated above, are collectively referred to as "Incorporated Documents").

     Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
4

for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         Reference is made to the North Carolina Business Corporation Act, G.S.
55-8-52 and 55-8-56, which provides that unless limited by our articles of
incorporation, a North Carolina corporation must indemnify a director or officer
who has been wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of
any actual or threatened proceeding to which he was, or was threatened to be
made, a party because he is or was a director or officer of the corporation.
This statutory right of indemnification covers all reasonable expenses incurred
by the officer or director in connection with the proceeding, including counsel
fees.

         A North Carolina corporation can eliminate an individual's statutory
right to indemnification. However, the Registrant's Bylaws provide that
directors and officers shall have the right to be indemnified "to the fullest
permitted by law" and further provide that expenses incurred by an officer or
director shall be paid in advance of the final disposition of any investigation,
action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the
director or officer to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be
determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant.

         In addition, a North Carolina corporation may, but is not required to,
indemnify a director or officer against liability who has been named or
threatened to be named a party to a proceeding because he is or was acting in
that capacity if the officer or director (i) conducted himself in good faith,
(ii) had the reasonable belief that his conduct was in the corporation's best
interests if he was acting in his official capacity, or if not acting in an
official capacity, a reasonable belief that his conduct was not opposed to the
corporation's best interests, and (iii) in the case of a criminal proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. A North Carolina
corporation may also purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an officer or
director against liability incurred by him in that capacity, whether or not the
corporation would have the power to indemnify him under the statutory provisions
of North Carolina.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits

         See Exhibit Index
5

Item 9.  Undertakings

         The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                  (a) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act;

                  (b) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), if in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"

                  (c) to include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or
any material change to such information in this registration statement;
provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b)
above shall not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") that are incorporated by reference in
this registration statement.

         (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the

                                       1
6

Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, when applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934)that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of
prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h)
under the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of this registration
statement as of the time it was declared effective. For the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective
amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be
delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or
given, the latest annual report to security holders that is incorporated by
reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the
requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Exchange Act; and, where
interim financial information required to be presented by Article 3 of
Regulation S-X is not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be
delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest
quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by reference in the
prospectus to provide such interim financial information.

Item 8.        Exhibits.

         Exhibit
         Number   Description
         ------   ----------------------------------------------------

         3.2*     Articles Of Amendment To The Articles Of Incorporation Of
                  Alydaar Software Corporation

         3.3*     Articles Of Restatement of the Restated Articles of
                  Incorporation of Information Architects Corporation

         4.1      Amended and Restated Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement,
                  dated December 23, 1999 between Information Architects
                  Corporation and Sally Khudairi

         4.2      Amended and Restated Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement,
                  dated December 22, 1999 between Information Architects
                  Corporation and Saroja Girishankar

         5.1      Opinion of McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe LLP.

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         23.1     Consent of Holtz Rubenstein & Co., LLP, independent auditors.

         23.2     Consent of McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe LLP (included in
                  Exhibit 5.1).

         24.1     Power of Attorney (included in signature page).

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         *Incorporated by reference from previous filings with the Securities
         and Exchange Commission.
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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, the city of Charlotte, state of North Carolina, on April 7, 2000.

                                        INFORMATION ARCHITECTS CORPORATION

                                        By: /s/ ROBERT F. GRUDER
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                            Robert F. Gruder
                                            Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

SIGNATURE                                TITLE                      DATE
--------------------------    --------------------------       -------------

/s/ ROBERT F. GRUDER          Chief Executive Officer          April 7, 2000
------------------------      and Chairman of the Board
  (Robert F. Gruder)          (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ J. Wayne Thomas           Chief Financial Officer          April 7, 2000
------------------------      (Principal Financial and
  (J. Wayne Thomas)           Accounting Officer)

/s/ Thomas J. Dudchik         Senior Vice President and        April 7, 2000
------------------------      Director
/s/ J  (Thomas J. Dudchik)

/s/ Richard J. Blumberg       Director                         April 7, 2000
------------------------
  (Richard J. Blumberg)

/s/James H. McLaughlin        Director                         April 7, 2000
------------------------
(James H. McLaughlin)

         Each person whose signature appears above hereby appoints Robert F.
Gruder as such person's true and lawful attorney, with full power for him to
sign, for such person and in such person's name and capacity indicated below,
any and all amendments to this registration statement, hereby ratifying and
confirming such person's signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any
and all amendments.
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Item 16  Exhibits.

         Exhibit
         Number
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         3.2*     Articles Of Amendment To The Articles Of Incorporation Of
                  Alydaar Software Corporation

         3.3*     Articles Of Restatement of the Restated Articles of
                  Incorporation of Information Architects Corporation

         4.1      Amended and Restated Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement,
                  dated December 23, 1999 between Information Architects
                  Corporation and Sally Khudairi

         4.2      Amended and Restated Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement,
                  dated December 22, 1999 between Information Architects
                  Corporation and Saroja Girishankar

         5.1      Opinion of McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe LLP.

         23.1     Consent of Holtz Rubenstein & Co., LLP, independent auditors.

         23.2     Consent of McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe LLP (included in
                  Exhibit 5.1).

         24.1     Power of Attorney (included in signature page).

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         *Incorporated by reference from previous filings with the Securities
         and Exchange Commission.