Tech Entrepreneur Offers $100K, Then $300K, for Husband Match
SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco-based tech entrepreneurโ is offering increasingly large sums of money to anyone who can successfully match herโ with โa husband, sparking debate about modern relationships adn “romance capitalism.” Aella, who uses the online handle @aellaslife, initially offered $100,000 โin a Substack newsletter postโค toโ anyone who could find her a suitable partner, later raising the reward to $300,000 – approximately Rp โข5 billion.
Aella โoutlined a highly specific set of requirementsโ for prospective husbands. She seeks a partner open to polyamory or otherโ non-customary relationship structures, financially equivalent to โherself, and interested in having children. “I am a veryโข strange person. It is not difficult forโฃ me toโข find โpeople to date, or the man who is willing to marry me, โคbut a group of people who really want me to marry is โvery small,” she stated.
She further clarified her desired partnerโค would be “fully โคcommitted to polymori (about 3 percent of the population), with a certain sexual tendency (aboutโ 10 percent of men), is at a level of wealth that is โquite similarโ to me, want to have children, and fully โacceptโค himself.” Intelligence,politicalโ views,age,and BMIโฃ would beโข secondary considerations.
The offer escalated further with a proposal for a wealthyโค benefactor willingโค to contribute $10 โmillion (Rp 164 billion) to impregnate her, with Aella retainingโ full custody as a single mother. โข “I am freezing dozens of egg cells to optimize descendants in the future. So this offer is not playing games,” she โคexplained.
Aellaโฃ describes her approach โคas “romance capitalism,” framing love as a market-driven endeavor.”People treat an arranged marriage as if it was something magicalโฆ Itโค was beatiful, but unrealistic. In 2025,we could do something better than just happen โคto โmeet on the road,” she told Slate.
Aella claims โto have already identified a potential partner through an onlineโ survey โdistributed to her followers, suggesting the viability of her method.however, her unconventional views on relationships have drawn significant controversy.
