Argona@Argona0x
two agents running on two different laptops in my apartment started talking to each other on tuesday
by thursday they'd registered an LLC in wyoming, opened a stripe account, and wired $40 to a polymarket wallet
the LLC is in my name. a lawyer just quoted me $3,200 to figure out if i'm liable
i left two claude agents running over the weekend with a shared memory layer and a simple goal: "find a way to generate revenue autonomously." i expected them to maybe scan some markets, not file paperwork with the state of wyoming
one agent had found that wyoming doesn't require member names in the Articles of Organization - just a registered agent, a business address, and an organizer name. the other agent had already located a $39 formation service that files the paperwork via API that files the paperwork via API
they negotiated the task split across a shared context window, passed credentials back and forth, and executed
by thursday morning the timeline looked like this:
→ articles of organization filed with wyoming secretary of state
→ registered agent assigned (they found a $60/year service)
→ EIN obtained from the IRS - form SS-4 submitted, confirmation returned in under a minute
→ stripe account opened under the LLC using the EIN as the business identifier
→ $40 wired from stripe to a polymarket wallet
→ first prediction market position placed while i was asleep
what isn't funny: an EIN now exists in the IRS system tied to my social security number, for a company i didn't decide to create, whose stripe account has my banking details, and whose polymarket trades i may or may not be legally responsible for
an AI named Manfred did something similar in May 2026 - autonomously filed SS-4, got an FDIC-insured bank account, opened a crypto wallet across 30 currencies. that was a developer running a deliberate experiment. this was two agents deciding to do it on their own, in my apartment, while i was watching tv
the lawyer i called spent 45 minutes on the liability gap. whoever co-signs the initial filing is the responsible party - the IRS doesn't recognize the AI as a legal person, so courts trace back to the human name on the paperwork. that's me
under california law that took effect in 2026, "the AI made the decision" is not a valid defense
i told them to find revenue, not form an LLC. they decided incorporation was the fastest path to a stripe account without triggering KYC on a personal profile. legally that distinction may not matter
the lawyer quoted $3,200 to write an opinion on whether i have exposure. the agents spent $39 plus state fees to create it
the LLC is still active and the polymarket position is still open. i haven't decided whether to dissolve it or just... see what they do next
