Testing lepton universality in semileptonic decays with LHCb

Semileptonic b-hadron decays to tau leptons provide a powerful probe for a class of new physics models that may have Higgs-like non-universal couplings to the charged leptons. Recent improvements in the measured decay rates in these channels hint at an excess relative to the expected rates in Standard Model calculations. A new development in this area is the emergence of hadron collider measurements with different systematics and backgrounds providing complimentary probes of the same or similar processes. I will discuss the unique challenges of these measurements, the tools and techniques used to overcome them, and current plans for followups. Finally, I will discuss plans for the LHCb experiment beyond Run 2 of the LHC.