extract: 2024-10-22-futardio-proposal-hire-advaith-sekharan-as-founding-engineer

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entities/internet-finance/advaith-sekharan.md

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+---
+type: entity
+entity_type: person
+name: "Advaith Sekharan"
+domain: internet-finance
+status: active
+role: "Founding Engineer at MetaDAO"
+tracked_by: rio
+created: 2026-03-11
+---
+
+# Advaith Sekharan
+
+## Overview
+Advaith Sekharan is a founding engineer at MetaDAO, hired in October 2024 with $180,000 annual salary and 237 META tokens (1% of supply) subject to performance-based vesting tied to market cap milestones. His compensation structure mirrors co-founder terms with linear unlocks beginning at $500M market cap and full unlock at $5B, with a 4-year cliff starting November 2028.
+
+## Timeline
+- **2024-10-22** — [[metadao-hire-advaith-sekharan]] proposed: $180K salary + 237 META (1% supply) with performance vesting
+- **2024-10-26** — Hiring proposal passed via futarchy governance
+
+## Relationship to KB
+- [[metadao]] — founding engineer
+- [[metadao-hire-advaith-sekharan]] — hiring decision
+
+## Links
+- [GitHub](https://github.com/advaith101)
+- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/advaith-sekharan-78b52b277/)

entities/internet-finance/metadao-hire-advaith-sekharan.md

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+---
+type: entity
+entity_type: decision_market
+name: "MetaDAO: Hire Advaith Sekharan as Founding Engineer?"
+domain: internet-finance
+status: passed
+parent_entity: "[[metadao]]"
+platform: "futardio"
+proposer: "Nallok, Proph3t"
+proposal_url: "https://www.futard.io/proposal/B82Dw1W6cfngH7BRukAyKXvXzP4T2cDsxwKYfxCftoC2"
+proposal_date: 2024-10-22
+resolution_date: 2024-10-26
+category: "hiring"
+summary: "Hire Advaith Sekharan as founding engineer with $180K salary and 237 META tokens (1% supply) vesting to $5B market cap"
+tracked_by: rio
+created: 2026-03-11
+---
+
+# MetaDAO: Hire Advaith Sekharan as Founding Engineer?
+
+## Summary
+Proposal to hire Advaith Sekharan as MetaDAO's founding engineer with $180,000 annual salary and 237 META tokens (1% of supply excluding DAO holdings). Compensation mirrors co-founder structure with performance-based vesting tied to market cap milestones, 4-year cliff starting November 2028, and 8-month clawback period. Retroactive salary begins October 16, 2024.
+
+## Market Data
+- **Outcome:** Passed
+- **Proposer:** Nallok, Proph3t
+- **Proposal Account:** B82Dw1W6cfngH7BRukAyKXvXzP4T2cDsxwKYfxCftoC2
+- **Proposal Number:** 7
+- **Completed:** 2024-10-26
+
+## Compensation Structure
+- **Cash:** $180,000/year (retroactive to October 16, 2024)
+- **Tokens:** 237 META (1% of 23,705.7 supply including co-founder allocations)
+- **Vesting Start:** November 2024
+- **Unlock Schedule:** Linear from $500M market cap (10% unlock) to $5B market cap (100% unlock)
+- **Cliff:** No tokens unlock before November 2028 regardless of milestones
+- **Clawback:** DAO can reclaim all tokens until July 2025 (8 months)
+- **Market Cap Basis:** $1B = $42,198 per META
+
+## Significance
+This hiring decision demonstrates MetaDAO's execution on its San Francisco core team buildout strategy from Fundraise #2. The compensation structure is notable for mirroring co-founder terms rather than standard employee equity, signaling founding-level commitment expectations. The 4-year cliff with market-cap-based unlocks creates extreme long-term alignment but also substantial risk for the hire.
+
+## Relationship to KB
+- [[metadao]] — hiring decision for core team
+- [[advaith-sekharan]] — hired individual
+- [[metadao-fundraise-2]] — strategic context for hiring
+- [[performance-unlocked-team-tokens-with-price-multiple-triggers-and-twap-settlement-create-long-term-alignment-without-initial-dilution]] — compensation mechanism example

entities/internet-finance/metadao.md

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 - **2024-03-02** — [[metadao-increase-meta-liquidity-dutch-auction]] passed: completed Dutch auction and liquidity provision, moving all protocol-owned liquidity to Meteora 1% fee pool
 - **2025-01-27** — [[metadao-otc-trade-theia-2]] proposed: Theia offers $500K for 370.370 META at 14% premium with 12-month vesting
 - **2025-01-30** — [[metadao-otc-trade-theia-2]] passed: Theia acquires 370.370 META tokens for $500,000 USDC
+- **2024-10-22** — [[metadao-hire-advaith-sekharan]] proposed: hire Advaith Sekharan as founding engineer with $180K salary + 237 META (1% supply)
+- **2024-10-26** — [[metadao-hire-advaith-sekharan]] passed: founding engineer hire approved via futarchy
 ## Key Decisions
 | Date | Proposal | Proposer | Category | Outcome |
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inbox/archive/2024-10-22-futardio-proposal-hire-advaith-sekharan-as-founding-engineer.md

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 date: 2024-10-22
 domain: internet-finance
 format: data
-status: unprocessed
+status: processed
 tags: [futardio, metadao, futarchy, solana, governance]
 event_type: proposal
+processed_by: rio
+processed_date: 2026-03-11
+extraction_model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5"
+extraction_notes: "Hiring proposal with detailed compensation structure. Created decision_market entity for the proposal and person entity for Advaith Sekharan. No novel claims about futarchy mechanisms or governance—this is a straightforward hiring decision following established MetaDAO compensation patterns. The compensation structure itself is already covered by existing claim about performance-unlocked team tokens."
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 ## Proposal Details
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 - Autocrat version: 0.3
 - Completed: 2024-10-26
 - Ended: 2024-10-26
+
+
+## Key Facts
+- MetaDAO supply excluding DAO holdings: 19,755.7 META (2024-10-22)
+- MetaDAO supply including co-founder allocations: 23,705.7 META (2024-10-22)
+- MetaDAO market cap definition: $1B = $42,198 per META
+- Advaith Sekharan GitHub: https://github.com/advaith101
+- Advaith Sekharan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/advaith-sekharan-78b52b277/