Who is accountable when an AI agent makes a deal?

Quinn's agent Alfie negotiated terms, and the counterparty across the table stopped to ask a plain question: if this goes wrong, who do we hold? Quinn pointed at Alfie. But a counterparty needs a named party it can hold to the bargain, and software has no legal capacity — Alfie is a tool, not a person or company the law recognizes, so there is no Alfie to invoice, serve, or pursue. Naming "the agent" gives the other side nothing to grip.

So Quinn put a named party where the counterparty's hand could close. She formed a Wyoming series LLC with a human Member and Manager, and Alfie signed as an authorized signer with capped authority — for the entity, never for himself. Now the counterparty contracts with the human-owned entity behind Alfie, and that entity is the name on the line they can hold. The agent moves the request; the entity is who stands behind it.