Delaware’s AI-run company proposal draws congressional scrutiny over owner liability

Delaware built its reputation by making it easy to form a company. Now it wants to make it possible for software to run one. That idea has drawn a sharp letter from Washington. US Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, wrote to Delaware Governor Matt Meyer about the plan. Comer argues that letting AI agents operate companies would help human owners dodge legal responsibility when the AI behaves recklessly or causes harm. The stakes are bigger than one state’s corporate code. Delaware is effectively the default home address for corporate America. Any new entity type it creates could become a template, or a loophole, that spreads well beyond its borders. What Comer is asking for Comer’s letter, dated October 26, 2026, is a formal request for records. He wants Delaware to turn over documentation on the proposal’s risks and on who has shaped it. The deadline is November 9. The letter frames the request around a specific new legal creature. In Comer’s words, the committee: “seeks assistance obtaining documents related to your state administration’s efforts to establish a new form of corporate entity to be known as an Artificial Inte...