Find and research sales leads by chatting with a Telegram bot

Text or talk to a Telegram bot to pull fresh sales leads or build a research brief on any prospect.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4)

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Starts itAn outside serviceOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsMessaging & NotificationsSpreadsheet & Database Ops
Connects
TelegramOpenAIApolloGoogle Sheets

The problem it solves

Finding new leads or researching a prospect before a call eats up hours you don't have. You end up copying company details, job titles, and background info by hand from a dozen browser tabs. You want fresh leads and quick research without the manual digging.

Who it fits

A founder, salesperson, or agency doing daily outbound prospecting.

How it works

  1. A text or voice message is sent to the Telegram bot describing what's needed
  2. Voice messages are automatically transcribed
  3. An AI agent figures out whether to find new leads or research a person
  4. For leads, it searches Apollo and saves matching contacts to a spreadsheet
  5. For research, it builds a one-page summary on a LinkedIn profile and emails it over
What you get

Fresh prospect lists ready to contact

You get new sales leads pulled together or a prospect research brief built for you just by messaging a Telegram bot.

What you get

A spreadsheet of fresh leads or a one-page research brief on a prospect, delivered on request.

What you need

A Telegram bot, an OpenAI API key, and an Apollo account.

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.

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