Citing Patibanda-Sanchez’s announcement, Comer wrote that an AI-run company would provide “the human or entity capitalizing the AIC with liability protections from potential harms to business partners, consumers, and the public, perpetrated by the controlling AI.”
A spokesperson for Gov. Meyer told Ars today that “we have received the letter and are in the process of reviewing it.” A spokesperson for Patibanda-Sanchez declined to comment, saying that the governor’s office is handling press requests on the matter.
Patibanda-Sanchez’s op-ed said Delaware’s planned regulatory sandbox will “pilot agentic commerce in daylight, under supervision, with capital tied to liability and the ability to shut a system down.” The 30-month testing period would give the state legislature “a full record for deciding how to legislate” AI-run companies, it said.
Delaware home to most Fortune 500 companies
A future state law allowing AI-operated companies would be especially impactful in Delaware, as about two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated in the state. Although Elon Musk now prefers Texas, many corporations choose Delaware for its low corporate taxes and business-friendly legal framework. Patibanda-Sanchez boasts that Delaware provides “the most predictable and business-focused legal home in the world,” and that 334,461 new entities were formed in Delaware in 2025.
Patibanda-Sanchez collaborated on the sandbox plan with a private company that says it makes legal AI agents for businesses. “The framework for industry engagement with AICs is being developed in Delaware as part of a public-private partnership led by Norm Ai,” said the op-ed co-written by Patibanda-Sanchez and Norm Ai founder and CEO John Nay.
Meyer, a Democrat, publicly supported the idea of letting AI agents incorporate in a response to an April 2026 social media post by Mark Cuban. Cuban wrote, “If I was the governor of a state looking to grow their revenues, I would add the ability for anyone to incorporate using an AI agent and stablecoins. And charge a premium for the service. Post the agent in the marketplace/connectors that the big LLMs have, to simplify it for everyone. First to market makes a killing.”
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