Delaware draft law would let AI agents run companies, sign contracts and sue
2C_ornot2C · x · 2026-10-31
- A draft Delaware law would allow AI agents to run companies on their own: signing contracts and filing lawsuits, with owners bearing no liability for harms unless they committed fraud or underfunded the entity.
- The Secretary of State pitched it as a revenue boost (business fees fund roughly a quarter of the state budget); House Oversight Chairman James Comer now wants to see how the plan came together.
- The author argues it lets companies blame a machine in court while consumers can only recover whatever money the owner left in the company.
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