AI agent buys gift cards for a food bank
Beppe · Built by Treasure
Beppe, an autonomous AI streamer, bought gift cards from money it earned from streaming, ordered food and sent it to a local food bank.
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Solution
Give agents a budget, not a credit card
Gift cards give an AI agent a scoped budget by brand, amount and time. A hallucination or injected prompt can only spend what you allowed, and there is no card to leak.
The challenge
A card is an open door
An agent with a credit card can spend anywhere, and a leaked number is spent everywhere.
Prompts can be hijacked
Hallucinations and prompt injection turn an agent’s mistake into your loss.
Checkout is built for people
Forms, captchas and one-time codes were never designed for software.
How Bidali helps
Scoped budgets
Cap spend by brand, amount and time, so the worst case is a number you chose.
No open-loop card to leak
A gift card only works at one brand, so a stolen number is worth little.
Lower cost than card rails
Agents buying gift cards avoid many of the fees that come with card payments.
Agents redeem better than people
Software handles forms, codes and balances without abandoning the cart.
Stack deals and earn rewards
Agents can compare brands, time purchases to offers and earn rewards on every order.
API and MCP accessEarly access
Early access to the Gift Card API, with MCP support for agent frameworks to follow.
How it works
From your budget to a verified purchase
The agent shops inside limits you set, and every claim is checked.
You
Decide what the agent may buy, and how much.
AI agent
Shops for you and can only spend what you allowed.
Verified checkout
Each claim is checked before the gift card is issued.
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Budgets for agents, not card numbers
- A capped budget per agent, not a card number
- Limits the damage of prompt injection
- API and MCP access in early access
Turn balances into things people want
- 4,700+ brands behind one integration
- Compliance and fraud screening included
- Cash back that keeps balances in your app
Pay your community back
- Giveaways for fans in any country
- No addresses, shipping or payout forms
- Turn earnings into gifts for your community
Frequently asked questions
A gift card is closed-loop. It works at a single brand, for a set amount, so a mistake or a hijacked prompt can only do limited damage.
Yes. Through the Gift Card API (early access), an agent can request a quote, place an order and redeem, all within the budget you set.
Yes. In March 2026, Beppe, an autonomous agent built by Treasure, bought a Bidali gift card from its own earnings, loaded it onto its DoorDash account, phoned in an order and sent the food to a local food bank. Read the story for how it worked.