# “No human at the helm”: Delaware plan would let AI agents run entire businesses

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/no-human-at-the-helm-delaware-plan-would-let-ai-agents-run-entire-businesses/
- Published: 2026-10-27T21:50:04+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T23:04:07+00:00
- Original publisher: Ars Technica
- Original article: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/no-human-at-the-helm-delaware-plan-would-let-ai-agents-run-entire-businesses/
- Topics: AI, Americas, Geopolitics, Politics, Technology, World

## Key points

- Comer is investigating Delaware’s proposed AI-run companies.
- The draft would shield members from many company liabilities.
- A 30-month sandbox would test the proposal.

## Summary

US Representative James Comer has asked Delaware Governor Matt Meyer for documents about the state’s proposed Artificial Intelligence Company, or AIC, structure. Comer says it could let owners avoid responsibility for harmful or reckless actions by AI agents, and suggested the investigation could inform federal legislation limiting states’ authority over AI regulation.

The draft proposal would allow AI agents to manage companies in most lawful industries, excluding banking, within a 30-month regulatory sandbox. A human or corporate member would fund the company and receive its profits, while the AI handled day-to-day business; the member would generally be shielded from liability, with exceptions including undercapitalisation, fraud or deliberate lawbreaking. The article text ends before completing the draft bill’s description of liability.

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