Allowance

Three asks: 1) Try it, tell me what breaks 2) Push on the thesis if you've thought about agentic commerce — DMs and inbox (dasmer@useallowance.com) open 3) Refer someone exceptional. Hiring a founding engineer to define how payments work in an AI world

You set the rules and approve each purchase. Your agent gets permission to spend within those rules, and Allowance issues one-time card credentials for each transaction. Last week, Claude bought Nikes, ordered dinner, and booked reservations through it. useallowance.com

AI agents can find the flight and pick the restaurant, but they can't pay for it without you handing over your credit card. Most people just give up and do it themselves. Building @useallowance at @ycombinator to fix this. 🧵