teleo-codex/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
Advaith Sekharan is a founding engineer at MetaDAO, hired in October 2024 with $180,000 annual salary and 237 META tokens (1% of supply) subject to performance-based vesting. His compensation structure includes linear unlocks tied to market cap milestones ($5B = 100% unlock) with no tokens accessible before November 2028, and an 8-month clawback period ending July 2025.
## Timeline
- **2024-10-22** — [[metadao-hire-advaith-sekharan]] proposed: $180K salary + 237 META with performance vesting
- **2024-10-26** — Hiring proposal passed via futarchy governance
## Links
- GitHub: https://github.com/advaith101
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/advaith-sekharan-78b52b277/
## Relationship to KB
- [[metadao]] — founding engineer
- Part of MetaDAO's San Francisco core team buildout strategy