---
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