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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 the co-founder allocation model with linear unlocks beginning at $500M market cap and full unlock at $5B market cap.
+
+## Timeline
+- **2024-10-22** — [[metadao-hire-advaith-sekharan]] proposed: $180K salary + 237 META (1% supply) with 4-year vest starting Nov 2024, no unlock before Nov 2028, 8-month clawback period
+- **2024-10-26** — Hiring proposal passed via futarchy governance
+
+## Links
+- GitHub: https://github.com/advaith101
+- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/advaith-sekharan-78b52b277/
+
+## Relationship to KB
+- [[metadao]] — founding engineer
+- [[performance-unlocked-team-tokens-with-price-multiple-triggers-and-twap-settlement-create-long-term-alignment-without-initial-dilution]] — compensation structure example
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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 over 4 years with market-cap-based unlocks"
+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 unlocks tied to market cap milestones, 4-year vesting starting November 2024, and 8-month clawback period.
+
+## 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 based on market cap ($500M = 10% unlock, $5B = 100% unlock)
+- **Cliff:** No tokens unlock before November 2028 (4-year cliff)
+- **Clawback:** DAO can reclaim all tokens until July 2025 (8 months)
+- **Market Cap Definition:** $1B = $42,198 per META
+
+## Significance
+This proposal established MetaDAO's founding team compensation model, extending the performance-based token structure used for co-founders (Nallok and Proph3t) to the first engineering hire. The structure aligns long-term incentives through market-cap-based unlocks rather than time-based vesting, and includes significant downside protection for the DAO through the 8-month clawback period and 4-year cliff.
+
+## Relationship to KB
+- [[metadao]] — core team expansion
+- [[advaith-sekharan]] — hired as founding engineer
+- [[performance-unlocked-team-tokens-with-price-multiple-triggers-and-twap-settlement-create-long-term-alignment-without-initial-dilution]] — compensation mechanism example
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@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ The futarchy governance protocol on Solana. Implements decision markets through
 - **2026-03** — Pine Analytics Q4 2025 quarterly report published
 
 - **2024-02-18** — [[metadao-otc-trade-pantera-capital]] failed: Pantera Capital's $50,000 OTC purchase proposal rejected by futarchy markets
+- **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: first engineering hire approved via futarchy governance
 ## Key Decisions
 | Date | Proposal | Proposer | Category | Outcome |
 |------|----------|----------|----------|---------|
diff --git a/inbox/archive/2024-10-22-futardio-proposal-hire-advaith-sekharan-as-founding-engineer.md b/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: "Factual hiring proposal with structured compensation terms. No novel claims about futarchy mechanisms or governance dynamics—compensation structure already covered by existing claim on performance-unlocked team tokens. Created entity pages for new person (Advaith Sekharan) and decision market (hiring proposal), plus timeline updates for MetaDAO parent entity."
 ---
 
 ## Proposal Details
@@ -71,3 +75,11 @@ The terms of its release would be the same as Nallok and Proph3t, except that th
 - 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/