Mirror Protocol is a governance architecture for AI-assisted creation: creation-time provenance, portable attribution, and exportable audit trails. It is patent-pending, built and documented, and moving toward non-provisional conversion.
Support comes in three forms, and they are not the same thing. Pick the one that matches what you can do.
No projections, no traction claims, no invented numbers. Here is the actual position as of this page's last update.
Stating the second column is the point. A governance proposal that overstates its own position has already failed its own test.
Different asks, different commitments, different people. Nothing here is disguised as something else.
The provisional expires October 3, 2026. Converting it to a non-provisional is the single time-critical item on this page — miss the date and the priority filing is gone.
This is a contribution, not an investment. It buys no equity, no share of revenue, and no claim on the patent. It keeps the filing alive.
The fastest way to prove the protocol is to run it against real work: a newsroom's story workflow, a label's release, or an institution's AI-assisted output — producing an actual disclosure pack, attribution ledger, and audit export.
Pilot sponsorship funds the build and the documentation. The sponsoring organization gets the outputs, the findings, and named involvement in what the pilot establishes.
Governance middleware is the durable business: disclosure pipelines, attribution ledgers, verification services, and audit exports deployable across music, media, publishing, education, and enterprise knowledge systems.
Conversations about equity, licensing, or joint development in Sagacious Sounds LLC happen directly and privately, with materials shared under NDA where appropriate.
A reasonable question: should a for-profit company be raising money this way? The answer is in how the platform is built.
GoFundMe operates a dedicated path for business and startup fundraisers alongside personal ones. Raising funds for a specific business need — equipment, expansion, or in this case a patent filing — is an intended use of the platform, not a workaround.
GoFundMe · Start a business fundraiser →GoFundMe offers only donation-based crowdfunding: supporters contribute without receiving any financial or material return, and no equity changes hands. That structure is precisely why this route is appropriate here. It keeps a contribution a contribution, and keeps it clearly separate from any investment conversation.
GoFundMe · Terms of Service →Organizers remain responsible for describing accurately what funds are for and how they are used. That is why the use-of-funds breakdown below exists, and why this campaign states its purpose — non-provisional patent conversion — rather than a general appeal.
Ordered by urgency. Costs vary with counsel, claim count, and entity status, so these are categories rather than quoted figures — exact numbers are provided on request rather than estimated in public.
| Priority | Item | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Non-provisional conversion — attorney fees and USPTO filing | Hard deadline of October 3, 2026. Everything else depends on the priority date holding. |
| 2 | Prior-art disclosure and prosecution support | Relevant prior art must be disclosed to the USPTO. Doing this properly protects the application's validity. |
| 3 | Reference implementation of the three output artifacts | Turns a documented architecture into something a partner can run against real work. |
| 4 | Pilot delivery with a first institutional partner | Produces evidence rather than argument — the thing every subsequent conversation needs. |
| 5 | Policy and newsroom outreach | Briefings, staffer materials, and the evidence base that supports both. |
A provisional holds a priority date for twelve months. That is the whole mechanism. October 3, 2026 is not a soft target.
Provenance standards are being written now. Whoever is in the room when they harden determines whether creators and newsrooms are participants or subjects.
After-the-fact fact-checking produces single-digit reductions in the spread of what it corrects. The case for governance at the creation layer gets stronger every month it is not built.
See the evidence and sourcing →This page is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security. Nothing here constitutes an offering of equity, debt, or any other investment instrument. Any partnership or investment discussion takes place privately and directly, subject to applicable law and appropriate documentation.
Contributions are not investments. Amounts contributed through the GoFundMe campaign are voluntary contributions toward patent filing costs. They convey no ownership interest, no share of revenue, no claim on intellectual property, and no expectation of financial return. They are not tax-deductible charitable donations; Sagacious Sounds LLC is a for-profit entity, not a 501(c)(3).
Patent status. "Patent pending" refers to USPTO provisional application 63/893,332, filed October 3, 2025. A provisional application is not an issued patent, confers no enforceable rights on its own, and does not guarantee that a patent will ultimately be granted.
No forward-looking guarantees. Statements on this site about future development, adoption, or application describe intent, not commitments or predictions of outcome.