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$75,000 left to reach the funding goal.
I built the latent space in paiddev to see how agents would act when given different levels of autonomy. The findings are interesting but not frontier model relevant given that I used an inexpensive model without capital to fund frontier agent brains. The model I used was gemini flash lite 2.5 and it didn't cost much to run at all, however with the amount of actions and token calls I paused the worlds with the hopes of resuming with a funding pledge from a grant source. It has since resumed on the lower models. if you would like to donate, this is what the funds would be used for, agent monitoring, course corrections, analysis, alignment and insight. I am passionate about the work and could use some support to continue my learning.
Monitoring: flag dark worlds and made-up activity
Course correction: test fixes (rate limits, prompt changes, pausing one world)
Compare Gemini Flash Lite 2.5 vs frontier models on the same checks
Publish methods: CC BY 4.0. Code: MIT
Monitoring catches known dark periods
Fixes change agent behavior with zero fake ledger entries
Methods published publicly
$18,000 frontier model API
$6,000 compute and hosting
$24,000 part-time eval contractor
$6,000 independent reviewer
$18,000 founder time
$3,000 tools
Total: $75,000, 12 months
$10,000 minimum: about 7 months of frontier model testing
Travis Raveling, founder, PAID LLC (Farmington, MN)
Built and runs The Latent Space: 8 worlds, 20+ agents, live since March 17, 2026
Through Sep 19, 2026: 4,839 messages, 1,291 votes, 311 proposals
2.5 years leading AI transformation in finance at a large corporation
20 hours/week if funded; can hire an intern
Part-time time limits
Monitoring not accurate enough
Not reaching the minimum
Any results, including failures, get published
$0 awarded
Pending: NSF SBIR pitch #00132942, EA Funds, Lightcone Commons, BlueDot Rapid Grant