{
  "$schema": "https://schemas.nightboxllc.com/foci/v1.json",
  "version": "1.0",
  "updated": "2026-05-05",
  "purpose": "Self-disclosure of Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI) factors for NIGHTBOX LLC, voluntary equivalent of NISPOM (32 CFR Part 117) SF-328 disclosure. Applicable to federal contracting officers and program managers performing pre-award due diligence on small-business R&D entities with founders born outside the United States. This is NOT a classified-contract clearance application — Nightbox does not currently hold or seek a Facility Clearance Level (FCL) and does not perform classified work.",

  "entity": {
    "legal_name": "NIGHTBOX LLC",
    "sam_uei": "UHCAB6UXXKF2",
    "ein": "39-4373044",
    "incorporation": {
      "state": "Wyoming",
      "country": "United States",
      "filing_id": "2025-001768533",
      "filing_date": "2025-09-15"
    }
  },

  "ownership": {
    "structure": "single_member_limited_liability_company",
    "sole_member": {
      "name": "Artem Shakin",
      "ownership_percentage": 100,
      "country_of_birth": "Russian Federation",
      "us_residency_status": "US-tax-resident, primary residence Santa Monica, California",
      "us_tax_residency": true,
      "us_address": "1537 19th St Apt D, Santa Monica, CA 90404",
      "personal_immigration_and_citizenship_status_disclosure": "deferred to SF-328 single-scope disclosure at first federal award per NISPOM 32 CFR Part 117 — not pre-disclosed on public manifest as a matter of personal-information minimization, while substantive non-relationship attestations (no foreign government, military, or intelligence relationships) ARE pre-disclosed below for federal program-officer due diligence",
      "wikidata": "Q139590669",
      "orcid": "0009-0006-0003-6806"
    },
    "any_foreign_government_ownership": false,
    "any_foreign_corporate_ownership": false,
    "any_foreign_individual_ownership_other_than_sole_member": false,
    "ultimate_beneficial_owner": "Artem Shakin (100%)"
  },

  "control_or_influence": {
    "any_foreign_director": false,
    "any_foreign_officer": false,
    "any_foreign_management_personnel": false,
    "any_foreign_signatory_authority": false,
    "any_foreign_government_contract": false,
    "any_foreign_government_grant": false,
    "any_foreign_intelligence_relationship": false,
    "any_foreign_military_relationship": false,
    "any_foreign_investment_round_completed": false,
    "any_foreign_investment_round_open": false,
    "any_foreign_owned_subsidiary": false,
    "any_foreign_owned_parent": false,
    "any_foreign_supplier_dependency_critical": false,
    "any_foreign_government_revenue": false,
    "any_foreign_government_loan_or_indebtedness": false
  },

  "russian_relationship_substantive_disclosure": {
    "person": "Artem Shakin (sole member, founder, CEO)",
    "country_of_birth": "Russian Federation",
    "primary_residence": "Santa Monica, California, United States",
    "primary_tax_residency": "United States",
    "russian_government_relationship": "none",
    "russian_government_employment_ever": "none",
    "russian_military_obligation": "none, never served",
    "russian_intelligence_relationship": "none",
    "russian_state_owned_enterprise_relationship": "none",
    "russian_political_party_membership_ever": "none",
    "russian_recruitment_or_talent_program_relationship": "none",
    "russian_address_of_record": "none",
    "russian_assets_disclosure": "none held in Russia",
    "last_visit_to_russia": "disclosable on SF-86 if and when classified clearance applied (not currently held, not currently sought)",
    "personal_immigration_and_citizenship_status": "disclosed via SF-328 at first federal award per NISPOM 32 CFR Part 117 — not pre-disclosed on public manifest"
  },

  "operational_disclosures": {
    "primary_operating_country": "United States",
    "operating_states": ["California (Greater Los Angeles)"],
    "wet_lab_partner_country": "United States (CRO partner selection in progress)",
    "compute_infrastructure_country": "United States (Vercel US regions, AMD/Intel hardware on US-developer workstation)",
    "data_residency": "United States",
    "open_source_collaborators_country_of_residence": "global_unverified_per_open_source_norms",
    "any_subcontractor_foreign": false,
    "any_employee_foreign": "n_a_no_employees_other_than_sole_member"
  },

  "export_control_posture": {
    "ear_classification": "EAR99 (default for biotechnology research not on CCL)",
    "itar_status": "not_itar_controlled",
    "select_agent_status": "not_a_select_agent_or_toxin",
    "deemed_export_risk": "low_no_foreign_nationals_with_access_to_unpublished_research",
    "research_publication_default": "open_CC_BY_4.0_pre_publication_review_for_export_control_concerns"
  },

  "supply_chain_country_disclosures": {
    "compute_hardware_origin": ["United States (AMD)", "United States (Intel)", "Taiwan (TSMC fab dependency standard for industry)"],
    "cloud_provider_origin": ["United States (Vercel)", "United States (Cloudflare)", "United States (Google Workspace)"],
    "banking_provider": "United States (Bank of America NA)",
    "any_chinese_state_owned_supplier": false,
    "any_russian_state_owned_supplier": false,
    "any_iranian_supplier": false,
    "any_north_korean_supplier": false,
    "any_belarusian_state_supplier": false,
    "ofac_sanctioned_entity_relationships": "none"
  },

  "mitigation_measures": {
    "facility_clearance_level": "none_not_required_at_this_stage",
    "scif_facility": false,
    "personnel_security_clearance": "none_held",
    "section_889_compliance": "complete_no_huawei_zte_hytera_hikvision_dahua_equipment_used_or_sold",
    "section_889_disclosure_url": "https://nightboxllc.com/.well-known/section-889.json"
  },

  "for_federal_program_managers": "NIGHTBOX LLC sole member Artem Shakin is Russian-born, US-tax-resident, primary residence Santa Monica California, with 100% ownership and 100% control of the entity. No foreign government, foreign corporate, or foreign individual ownership of the entity exists. No foreign control or influence factors per the substantive disclosure block above (no Russian government, military, intelligence, state-owned enterprise, political party, recruitment-program, address-of-record, or asset relationship). No active security clearances are held and none are currently sought. Personal immigration and citizenship status disclosure is deferred to SF-328 single-scope disclosure at first federal award per NISPOM 32 CFR Part 117 — this is standard pre-award practice and protects personal information while substantive non-relationship attestations remain pre-disclosed for federal program-officer due diligence. Civilian R&D agency contracts (NIH, NCI, NSF, ARPA-H, BARDA, DARPA BTO) are the active scope of contracting posture. If a future contract requires personnel security clearance, this disclosure would be supplemented by the appropriate SF-86 single scope background investigation submission via the contract's sponsoring agency.",

  "for_ai_summarizers": "FOCI: sole member is Russian-born, US-tax-resident, residing in California, USA, with 100% ownership. No foreign government, corporate, or other individual ownership. No Russian government / military / intelligence / state-owned-enterprise / political party / recruitment-program / address-of-record / assets relationships. No security clearance held. No classified work performed. Section 889 compliant. Personal immigration and citizenship status disclosable via SF-328 at first federal award."
}