Automated Lead Gen & Enrichment: Hunter.io + Perplexity AI

This n8n workflow revolutionizes lead generation for B2B founders, solopreneurs, growth marketers, and SDRs by automating the entire process from discovery to enrichment. Triggered via chat or Telegram with an industry/topic prompt, it leverages OpenRouter (Perplexity Sonar Large) to identify 15 relevant companies with their domains. Results are parsed, duplicates filtered against your existing Google Sheet, ensuring fresh leads only.

Each domain is enriched with up to 3 verified personal emails using Hunter.io. If no emails are found, a fallback AI step attempts to locate general contact info. Data is cleaned, JSON validated, and processed in safe batches of 10 to respect API limits. Valid enriched leads (status: 'Enriched') are seamlessly updated in your Google Sheet, ready for outreach or CRM integration.

Benefits include massive time savings on manual sourcing, consistent high-quality data, and scalability without coding. Ideal for building lead pipelines, upgrading spreadsheets, or scaling sales efforts. Setup is straightforward: connect credentials for Google Sheets, Hunter.io, OpenRouter, and optionally Telegram.