Startup funding research automation with Claude, Perplexity AI, and Airtable

by Julian Kaiser ✓ · 7,271 views · created 2025-03-08 · Market Research, AI Summarization

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 35 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow” (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects OpenRouter Chat Model, Anthropic Chat Model and Airtable. It also calls techcrunch.com, venturebeat.com and api.perplexity.ai over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow” (plus 1 other trigger).

1. Techcrunch (TC) (HTTP Request): calls techcrunch.com
2. Venturebeat (VB) (HTTP Request): calls venturebeat.com
3. Prompts (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 2 fields: user_prompt, system_prompt
4. Parse TC XML (XML): converts between XML and JSON
5. Parse VB XML (XML): converts between XML and JSON
6. Deep Research (HTTP Request): calls api.perplexity.ai (POST)
7. Split TC Articles (Split Out): splits a list into separate items
8. Split VB Articles (Split Out): splits a list into separate items
9. Pick data (Perplexity) (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 2 fields: report, links
10. Filter: keeps only the items that match a condition

…plus 16 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

OpenRouter Chat ModelAnthropic Chat ModelAirtable

HTTP calls to: techcrunch.com, venturebeat.com, api.perplexity.ai, deepsearch.jina.ai

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Nodes used (17)

• Manual Triggern8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger
• Filtern8n-nodes-base.filter
• Structured Output Parser@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured
• OpenRouter Chat Model@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenRouter
• Information Extractor@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.informationExtractor
• Basic LLM Chain@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainLlm
• Mergen8n-nodes-base.merge
• Split Outn8n-nodes-base.splitOut
• HTMLn8n-nodes-base.html
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Anthropic Chat Model@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatAnthropic
• Edit Fields (Set)n8n-nodes-base.set
• Airtablen8n-nodes-base.airtable
• Auto-fixing Output Parser@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserAutofixing
• Execute Workflow Triggern8n-nodes-base.executeWorkflowTrigger
• Execute Sub-workflown8n-nodes-base.executeWorkflow
• XMLn8n-nodes-base.xml

From the author

Startup Funding Research Automation with Claude, Perplexity AI, and Airtable How it works This intelligent workflow automatically discovers and analyzes recently funded startups by: 1. Monitoring multiple news sources (TechCrunch and VentureBeat) for funding…

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