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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/)