What progress have you made since your last update?

Luthien now has a working prototype, available at https://github.com/LuthienResearch/luthien-proxy. It is still very much a work in progress, with large breaking changes being made frequently in the service of making it intuitive and generally easy to use.

What are your next steps?

Continued development on the open-source easy-to-deploy-and-configure AI Control LLM proxy server.

Is there anything others could help you with?

Testers and feedback are both extremely valuable right now!

@Austin Luthien got a grant from SFF! Is there anything I can do now to facilitate the fiscal sponsorship stuff?

@Austin Excellent! SFF got back to me and said I could apply with pending 501c3 status, but since the form still asks for an org with documentation proving 501c3 status I'm putting down Manifold for Charity and linking to the IRS determination letter, with a note about Luthien's pending status.

Would it be okay if, in the event SFF wants to issue a grant and Luthien's 501c3 status is still pending, I reach out then to confirm the fiscal sponsorship details? (If this happens, I'm totally fine with the 5% overhead.)

@Austin Luthien's 501c3 status is still pending, and I'm currently applying to SFF, which requires either 501c3 status or fiscal sponsorship for non-profits. Would Manifund be able to serve as a fiscal sponsor for purposes of Luthien applying to and potentially receiving a SFF grant?

@Austin Thank you! This is incredibly useful.