MetaMask Co-founder Dan Finlay Departs Consensys After Over a Decade

Gate News message, April 23 — MetaMask co-founder Dan Finlay announced his departure from Consensys today after more than ten years with the company. Finlay cited burnout and the need to spend time with family as reasons for leaving.

Finlay expressed enthusiasm about the Advanced Permissions feature that the team recently launched, noting he looks forward to using it from outside the organization. According to MetaMask's documentation, the feature is based on the ERC-7715 standard and allows DApps and AI agents to request granular permissions from MetaMask users to execute transactions on their behalf.