Allowance
New accelerator entry · 2026-05-18 · the record
In their words
Allowance lets AI agents make purchases on a user’s behalf without ever exposing your real card number. Users approve purchases directly from their iPhone with customizable controls like spending limits, merchant restrictions, and expiration windows. Once approved, Allowance generates scoped, one-time payment credentials designed specifically for that transaction. This enables AI agents to safely complete tasks like shopping, ordering food, booking reservations, or purchasing tickets while keeping humans in control of every payment.
What the record says
Dasmer Singh is the founder of Allowance, a platform building programmable payment controls for AI agents. Previously he was Head of Product for Cash App Families, where he built financial products for teens and parents. Earlier he worked at Uber, Petal, and Venmo. He studied at Columbia University and Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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Against the 38 companies on file from Spring 2026. Median team 2, largest 14.
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| Tolmo | Spring 2026 | DevSecOps, Security, AI | 2026-06-17 |
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| Ploy | Spring 2026 | — | 2026-06-08 |
| Akkari | Spring 2026 | — | 2026-06-04 |
| Allowance (this page) | Spring 2026 | — | 2026-05-18 |
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