Inventing Anna: Who Is Anna's Futurist Boyfriend Chase?

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Many of the characters from Netflix’s Inventing Anna are based on real people, such as Anna’s Futurist boyfriend, Chase. The story of Anna Delvey (a.k.a Anna Sorokin) was brought into the public eye when journalist Jessica Pressler exposed Delvey’s exploits back in 2018 with her article (via The Cut) titled “Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It.” Netflix’s Inventing Anna is the true story—with some details changed for the sake of storytelling—based on Pressler’s article, which refers to Anna’s boyfriend only as the “Futurist". The identity of Anna’s real boyfriend, however, remains the subject of hot debate.

Anna’s boyfriend Chase is first seen giving a TED Talk about a new dream-mining app he is building called “Wake.” He and Anna enter into what will become a long-term relationship, with Chase believing that Anna is a German heiress, set to inherit 60 million euros on her 25th birthday. In the series, Anna helps Chase work his way onto the yacht of a tech-industry main player in Ibiza where he lands a huge investment for his app, and he likewise helps her build her elite club for the wealthy, The Anna Delvey Foundation. But Anna doesn't know that Chase is using his investments to fund their lifestyle and when Chase’s money runs out, she exposes him to many of his investors and causes his downfall. Chase goes into hiding, moving to the Emirates after the incident with Anna, and begins working for the Sheik as a Futurist.

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While many have theorized about who the elusive “Futurist” from Pressler’s article may be, little else is known about him aside from that he had a history in tech, was profiled by the New Yorker, gave a Ted