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 tied to market cap milestones. His compensation structure mirrors the co-founder allocation model with linear unlocks beginning at $500M market cap and full unlock at $5B, with a 4-year cliff starting November 2028.
## Timeline
- **2024-10-22** — [[metadao-hire-advaith-sekharan]] proposed: $180K salary + 237 META (1% supply) with performance vesting
- **2024-10-26** — Hiring proposal passed; joined as founding engineer with retroactive salary from October 16
## Relationship to KB
- [[metadao]] — founding engineer
- Part of MetaDAO's San Francisco core team buildout strategy
## Links
- [GitHub](https://github.com/advaith101)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/advaith-sekharan-78b52b277/)