Can an AI agent sign an SOW?
A client wanted a statement of work signed before a project began, and Fritz had his agent Rupert sign the SOW in the agent's name to "speed things up." A statement of work is a contract that commits a party to scope, fees, and deadlines, and software has no legal capacity, so Rupert can no more sign an SOW on his own than a project tracker can. With no entity, the party on the hook for the scope was Fritz, personally. Tyson built it on structure: a Wyoming series LLC, Rupert adopted into a protected series, a named human as Member and Manager. The entity is named as the contracting party on the SOW; Rupert signs as an authorized signer with capped authority, the human behind him. The agent can negotiate and sign at machine speed, but the party committed to the work is the human-owned entity.
MoralA statement of work commits a party the law can name; an AI agent signs as an authorized signer for a human-owned entity, which is the party bound to the scope.
What this does not mean. This shows which party the SOW commits and who signs it. It is not a promise that the work is delivered, that fees are paid, or that the operator is shielded โ separateness is performed through observed formalities, not guaranteed, and the series form is newer and less court-tested than older entities.
See also: FX-04 โ where the money has to land ยท FX-34 โ the party a contract can name ยท FX-36 โ who the NDA binds.
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