Send personalized cold emails with automatic AI follow-ups

Researches each prospect's company, writes a tailored cold email with AI, sends it, then follows up automatically until they reply.

How the work actually flows

It repeats. Repeats no reply by follow-up day; runs once per each prospect in list.

Pattern: Structured Loop (21) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Design-Time Knowledge (13)

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceRuns once per itemRepeat or finishResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Lead Generation & ProspectingEmail AutomationSpreadsheet & Database OpsAPI & Webhook IntegrationScheduling & Calendar
Connects
Google SheetsGmailOpenAI

The problem it solves

Writing personalized outreach for every prospect takes time you don't have, so most cold emails end up generic and get ignored. Remembering to follow up on the right day for dozens of contacts is nearly impossible to keep straight.

Who it fits

Sales reps, agency owners, or founders running their own outbound prospecting.

How it works

  1. Reads your list of prospects from a spreadsheet with their name, email, and company site
  2. Visits each company's website to gather context about the business
  3. AI drafts a personalized email combining the prospect's details with that research
  4. Sends the email, then automatically follows up on set days if there's no reply
  5. Stops the sequence the moment the prospect responds
What you get

Prospects who hear from you first

Each prospect gets a personalized cold email backed by real research on their company, with automatic follow-ups until they reply.

What you get

A sent, personalized email for every prospect plus automatic timed follow-ups, tracked in a spreadsheet.

What you need

A Google Workspace account, a Gmail account, and an OpenAI API key.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

Let's Talk Strategy

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