How I Built an AI Prospecting Machine That Runs While I Sleep

Every business needs leads. Most founders spend hours on Google Maps, copying phone numbers into spreadsheets, cross-referencing against their existing list. I got tired of that after about two days. So I built a system that does it automatically, multiple times a day, without me touching anything. Here's how it works and what I learned. The Problem I'm selling AI voice products to local businesses — medical practices, law firms, dental offices, CPAs. South Florida is my target market. The manual process looked like this: Search Google Maps for "dentists Boca Raton" Click through results, grab phone numbers Check if they're already in my queue Add new ones to the CRM Repeat for different categories and cities This takes 30-60 minutes per session. I needed to do it 4-5 times a day across multiple campaigns. That's half my workday gone on data entry. The Architecture The solution uses cron jobs that trigger an AI agent (my personal assistant, Clawd) to run prospect searches on a schedule