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
+Founding engineer at MetaDAO hired in October 2024 with $180,000 annual salary and 237 META token allocation (1% of supply). Compensation structure includes performance-based unlocks tied to market cap milestones and 4-year vesting starting November 2024.
+
+## Timeline
+- **2024-10-22** — [[metadao-hire-advaith-sekharan]] proposed: $180K salary + 237 META tokens with linear unlocks at market cap milestones
+- **2024-10-26** — Hiring proposal passed via futarchy governance
+
+## Relationship to KB
+- [[metadao]] — founding engineer
+- [[metadao-hire-advaith-sekharan]] — hiring decision
+- Part of MetaDAO's San Francisco core team buildout strategy

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: "Proposal to hire Advaith Sekharan as founding engineer with $180K salary and 237 META tokens"
+tracked_by: rio
+created: 2026-03-11
+---
+
+# MetaDAO: Hire Advaith Sekharan as Founding Engineer?
+
+## Summary
+Proposal to extend an offer to Advaith Sekharan for founding engineer role at MetaDAO with $180,000 annual cash compensation and 237 META tokens (1% of supply excluding DAO holdings). Token allocation follows same structure as co-founder compensation with performance-based unlocks tied to market cap milestones and 4-year vesting period starting November 2024.
+
+## Market Data
+- **Outcome:** Passed
+- **Proposer:** Nallok, Proph3t
+- **Proposal Date:** 2024-10-22
+- **Resolution Date:** 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:** 4 years starting November 2024, no unlocks before November 2028
+- **Unlocks:** Linear based on market cap ($5B = 100% unlock, $500M = 10% unlock)
+- **Clawback:** Full clawback authority until July 2025 (8 months), then vests into smart contract
+- **Market Cap Definition:** $1B = $42,198 per META
+
+## Significance
+First founding engineer hire following MetaDAO's Fundraise #2 strategy to build core team in San Francisco. Compensation structure mirrors co-founder terms, establishing precedent for performance-based token unlocks tied to protocol value rather than time-based vesting. The 4-year cliff before any token unlocks signals long-term commitment requirements for core team members.
+
+## Relationship to KB
+- [[metadao]] — hiring decision for core team
+- [[advaith-sekharan]] — hired founding engineer
+- [[metadao-compensation-proph3t-nallok]] — parallel co-founder compensation structure
+- [[metadao-fundraise-2]] — fundraising context that enabled hiring

entities/internet-finance/metadao.md

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 - **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 tokens
+- **2024-10-26** — [[metadao-hire-advaith-sekharan]] passed: first founding engineer hired with performance-based token unlocks
 ## Key Decisions
 | Date | Proposal | Proposer | Category | Outcome |
 |------|----------|----------|----------|---------|
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ MetaDAO is the platform bet on futarchy as a governance mechanism. If decision m
 - [[MetaDAOs Autocrat program implements futarchy through conditional token markets where proposals create parallel pass and fail universes settled by time-weighted average price over a three-day window]] — mechanism description
 - [[MetaDAOs futarchy implementation shows limited trading volume in uncontested decisions]] — known limitation
 - [[futarchy-governed permissionless launches require brand separation to manage reputational liability because failed projects on a curated platform damage the platforms credibility]] — active design challenge
-- [[DAO governance degenerates into political capture because proposal processes select for coalition-building skill over operational competence and the resulting bureaucracy creates structural speed disadvantages against focused competitors]] — the problem MetaDAO solves
+- DAO governance degenerates into political capture because proposal processes select for coalition-building skill over operational competence and the resulting bureaucracy creates structural speed disadvantages against focused competitors — the problem MetaDAO solves
 
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inbox/archive/2024-10-22-futardio-proposal-hire-advaith-sekharan-as-founding-engineer.md

@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ url: "https://www.futard.io/proposal/B82Dw1W6cfngH7BRukAyKXvXzP4T2cDsxwKYfxCftoC
 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. No novel claims about futarchy mechanisms or governance — this is standard entity/decision_market data. Token allocation structure mirrors existing co-founder terms documented in metadao-compensation-proph3t-nallok. Created person entity for Advaith Sekharan and decision_market entity for the proposal itself."
 ---
 
 ## Proposal Details
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 - Autocrat version: 0.3
 - Completed: 2024-10-26
 - Ended: 2024-10-26
+
+
+## Key Facts
+- MetaDAO token supply excluding DAO holdings: 19,755.7 META (2024-10-22)
+- MetaDAO token 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/