---
type: entity
entity_type: person
name: Advaith Sekharan
role: Founding Engineer
affiliation: MetaDAO
status: active
domain: internet-finance
---

# Advaith Sekharan

Founding engineer at MetaDAO.

## Background

- GitHub: https://github.com/advaith101
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/advaith-sekharan-78b52b277/

## Compensation

- Cash: $180,000/year
- Tokens: 1% of supply (237 META)
- Vesting: Linear unlocks based on market cap milestones ($1B = 100% unlock at $5B)
- Cliff: No tokens unlock before November 2028
- Clawback: DAO can reclaim all tokens until July 2025 (8 months)
- Start date: November 2024 (vesting), October 16, 2024 (salary)

## Timeline

- **2024-10-22** — [[metadao-hire-advaith-sekharan]] Passed: Hired as founding engineer with $180k salary and 1% token allocation