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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