Can an AI agent sign a data-processing addendum?
A counterparty handed Fritz a contract to sign a data-processing addendum, and he let his agent Rupert sign a data-processing addendum in the agent's own name. But software has no legal capacity, and to sign a data-processing addendum is an act of contract, so Rupert can no more sign a data-processing addendum on its own than a fax machine can; the obligation needs a party the law can name. Tyson did it through structure. He formed a Wyoming series LLC and adopted Rupert into his own protected series, with a named human as Member and Manager, and let the entity be the contracting party. Now the agreement names the human-owned entity as the party; Rupert can sign a data-processing addendum only as an authorized signer with capped authority, the named human behind him. The obligation rests on a name the law can find, and Rupert moves the request inside it.
MoralTo sign a data-processing addendum, a contract needs a party the law can name; an AI agent does it as an authorized signer for a human-owned entity, never as the party itself.
What this does not mean. This shows which party the contract binds and who signs for it. It is not a promise that the agreement is enforceable, that a counterparty is bound, or that the operator is shielded — separateness is performed through observed formalities, not guaranteed, and the series form is newer and less court-tested than older entities.
See also: FX-03 · FX-04 · FX-34 — .
W.S. §17-29-211 (Wyoming series LLC)