Track AI startup funding deals automatically

Every day it finds new AI startup funding deals and adds them to a spreadsheet, skipping ones you already have.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; runs once per each funding deal found.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4) · Multiple Instances with a priori Run-Time Knowledge (14)

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Starts itA stepRuns once per itemOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Starter

A small build with a couple of connected tools.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsCRM & Sales PipelineResearch & Market IntelligenceDevOps & IT Operations
Connects
Google Sheets

The problem it solves

You want to stay on top of who's raising money in AI so you can spot deal flow, competitors, or investment targets, but tracking funding announcements across dozens of sources by hand is slow and easy to miss. Checking whether a deal is already logged just adds more manual work.

Who it fits

A venture investor, corporate development lead, or founder who tracks the AI funding landscape for deal sourcing or competitive awareness.

How it works

  1. On a regular schedule, the automation searches recent news for new AI and tech startup funding announcements
  2. It pulls the company name, funding amount, round, and lead investor for each deal
  3. It checks the existing spreadsheet to skip any deal already logged
  4. New deals are entered as rows in a Google Sheet
  5. You get an always up to date list of funding activity to review
What you get

New funding deals logged automatically

You get an always current spreadsheet of new AI startup funding deals, complete with amount, round, and lead investor.

What you get

An updated Google Sheet with every new funding deal, deduplicated against past entries.

What you need

A Google account for Sheets and a news or search API.

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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