Separates governance decisions from entities. decision_market type replaced
by type: decision in new decisions/ directory. Entities (companies, people,
protocols) remain in entities/{domain}/.
Architecture: Leo (schema), Rio (taxonomy), Ganymede (migration), Rhea (ops)
Implemented by: Epimetheus
Pentagon-Agent: Epimetheus <968B2991-E2DF-4006-B962-F5B0A0CC8ACA>
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| type | entity_type | name | domain | status | parent_entity | platform | proposer | proposal_url | proposal_date | resolution_date | category | summary | tracked_by | created |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| decision | decision_market | MetaDAO: Hire Advaith Sekharan as Founding Engineer? | internet-finance | passed | metadao | futardio | Nallok, Proph3t | https://www.futard.io/proposal/B82Dw1W6cfngH7BRukAyKXvXzP4T2cDsxwKYfxCftoC2 | 2024-10-22 | 2024-10-26 | hiring | Hire Advaith Sekharan as founding engineer with $180K salary and 237 META tokens (1% supply) vesting to $5B market cap | rio | 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 vesting tied to market cap milestones, 4-year cliff starting November 2028, and 8-month clawback period. Retroactive salary begins October 16, 2024.
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 from $500M market cap (10% unlock) to $5B market cap (100% unlock)
- Cliff: No tokens unlock before November 2028 regardless of milestones
- Clawback: DAO can reclaim all tokens until July 2025 (8 months)
- Market Cap Basis: $1B = $42,198 per META
Significance
This hiring decision demonstrates MetaDAO's execution on its San Francisco core team buildout strategy from Fundraise #2. The compensation structure is notable for mirroring co-founder terms rather than standard employee equity, signaling founding-level commitment expectations. The 4-year cliff with market-cap-based unlocks creates extreme long-term alignment but also substantial risk for the hire.
Relationship to KB
- metadao — hiring decision for core team
- advaith-sekharan — hired individual
- metadao-fundraise-2 — strategic context for hiring
- performance-unlocked-team-tokens-with-price-multiple-triggers-and-twap-settlement-create-long-term-alignment-without-initial-dilution — compensation mechanism example