---
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_account: "B82Dw1W6cfngH7BRukAyKXvXzP4T2cDsxwKYfxCftoC2"
proposal_number: 7
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"
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). Token allocation uses performance-based unlocking tied to market cap milestones, with 100% unlocking at $5B market cap and linear scaling below that threshold. Vesting includes 4-year lockup starting November 2024 and 8-month clawback period.

## Market Data
- **Outcome:** Passed
- **Proposer:** Nallok, Proph3t
- **Proposal Account:** B82Dw1W6cfngH7BRukAyKXvXzP4T2cDsxwKYfxCftoC2
- **Proposal Number:** 7
- **Created:** 2024-10-22
- **Completed:** 2024-10-26

## Compensation Structure
- **Cash:** $180,000 per year (retroactive to October 16, 2024)
- **Tokens:** 237 META (1% of 23,705.7 supply including founder allocations)
- **Unlock Mechanism:** Linear based on market cap ($1B = $42,198 per META)
  - 10% unlocks at $500M market cap (23.7 META)
  - 100% unlocks at $5B market cap (237 META)
- **Vesting:** No tokens accessible before November 2028 regardless of price milestones
- **Clawback:** DAO can reclaim all tokens until July 2025 (8 months from start)
- **Post-Clawback:** Tokens vest into smart contract/multisig inaccessible to founders

## Significance
This hiring decision demonstrates futarchy-governed talent acquisition for core team building. The compensation structure mirrors the performance-based framework established in [[metadao-compensation-proph3t-nallok]], extending the same market cap-linked unlock mechanism to founding team members. The proposal aligns with MetaDAO's San Francisco team-building strategy outlined in [[metadao-fundraise-2]].

## Relationship to KB
- [[metadao]] — founding engineer hire
- [[advaith-sekharan]] — hired through this proposal
- [[metadao-compensation-proph3t-nallok]] — parallel compensation structure
- [[metadao-fundraise-2]] — SF team-building context