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type: entity
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entity_type: decision_market
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name: "MetaDAO: Hire Advaith Sekharan as Founding Engineer?"
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domain: internet-finance
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status: passed
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parent_entity: "[[metadao]]"
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platform: "futardio"
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proposer: "Nallok, Proph3t"
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proposal_url: "https://www.futard.io/proposal/B82Dw1W6cfngH7BRukAyKXvXzP4T2cDsxwKYfxCftoC2"
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proposal_date: 2024-10-22
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resolution_date: 2024-10-26
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category: "hiring"
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summary: "Proposal to hire Advaith Sekharan as founding engineer with $180K salary and 237 META tokens"
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tracked_by: rio
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created: 2026-03-11
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# MetaDAO: Hire Advaith Sekharan as Founding Engineer?
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## Summary
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Proposal to extend an offer to Advaith Sekharan for the founding engineer role at MetaDAO with $180,000 annual cash compensation and 237 META tokens (1% of supply excluding DAO holdings). The token allocation uses the same performance-based vesting structure as co-founders Nallok and Proph3t, with linear unlocks tied to market cap milestones and a 4-year cliff before any tokens become accessible.
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## Market Data
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- **Outcome:** Passed
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- **Proposer:** Nallok, Proph3t
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- **Proposal Account:** B82Dw1W6cfngH7BRukAyKXvXzP4T2cDsxwKYfxCftoC2
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- **Proposal Number:** 7
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- **Created:** 2024-10-22
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- **Completed:** 2024-10-26
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## Compensation Structure
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- **Cash:** $180,000/year (retroactive to October 16, 2024)
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- **Tokens:** 237 META (1% of 23,705.7 supply including co-founder allocations)
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- **Vesting Start:** November 2024
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- **Cliff:** No tokens unlock before November 2028 (4-year minimum)
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- **Unlock Mechanism:** Linear based on market cap ($5B = 100% unlock, $500M = 10% unlock)
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- **Market Cap Definition:** $1B = $42,198 per META
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- **Clawback Period:** DAO can reclaim all tokens until July 2025 (8 months)
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- **Post-Clawback:** Tokens vest into smart contract/multisig inaccessible to leadership
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## Significance
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This proposal demonstrates MetaDAO's execution of its San Francisco core team buildout strategy from Fundraise #2. The compensation structure mirrors co-founder terms, establishing consistency in performance-based alignment. The 4-year cliff and market cap-based unlocks create extreme long-term orientation compared to standard startup vesting, while the 8-month clawback period provides the DAO with early exit optionality.
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## Relationship to KB
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- [[metadao]] — hiring decision for founding engineer role
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- [[advaith-sekharan]] — hired individual
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- [[metadao-fundraise-2]] — authorized this core team buildout
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- [[performance-unlocked-team-tokens-with-price-multiple-triggers-and-twap-settlement-create-long-term-alignment-without-initial-dilution]] — implements this compensation philosophy |