Who’s it for
This template is built for founders, sales teams, agencies, consultants, and growth operators who want a fully automated way to discover high-intent companies showing buying signals such as funding, hiring, launches, or expansion — without manual research.
It’s ideal for outbound sales, partnership scouting, market intelligence, and lead generation.
What it does / How it works
This workflow automates daily business signal monitoring and opportunity detection.
It runs on a daily schedule and collects data from multiple sources:
- LinkedIn
- X
- Product Hunt
- CrunchBase
- Google News
All incoming data is:
- Merged and normalized into a single unified feed
- Cleaned and deduplicated
- Passed to an AI agent powered by Google Gemini
The AI agent:
- Filters only relevant events (Funding, Launch, Expansion, Hiring)
- Generates a concise summary
- Explains why the event represents a business opportunity
Based on the AI classification:
- Relevant opportunities continue through the workflow
- Irrelevant noise is automatically discarded
For each qualified opportunity:
- Company/contact data is enriched via an external API
- The opportunity is saved to Google Sheets
- A real-time alert is sent via Telegram
All logic runs automatically end-to-end.
Requirements
- Google News (NewsAPI) API key
- Twitter/X API credentials
- Product Hunt API credentials
- Crunchbase RSS feed access
- Google Sheets OAuth2 credentials
- Telegram Bot credentials
- Google Gemini (PaLM) API credentials
- (Optional) Contact enrichment API
How to set up
- Import the workflow into n8n.
- Connect all required credentials:
- Google Gemini
- Google Sheets
- Telegram
- External APIs (News, X, Product Hunt)
- Replace placeholders:
- Google Sheet ID and range
- Telegram Chat ID
- Enrichment API URL (if used)
- Adjust search queries if needed.
- Run the workflow once manually to test.
- Enable the Daily Trigger to activate automation.
How to customize the workflow
- Modify AI prompts to refine opportunity criteria
- Add new data sources (LinkedIn, Reddit, Hacker News)
- Change schedule frequency (hourly, weekly)
- Log opportunities into a CRM instead of Sheets
- Add email or Slack alerts
- Expand enrichment logic for deeper company insights
This workflow transforms scattered startup news into a clean, daily stream of actionable business opportunities — fully automated.