Automate scraping Y Combinator startups with Apify & Google Sheets
UnknownUnknown. This template uses community nodes we can't verify statically. Uses community nodes that can't be verified statically (unverified community packages are off by default in 3.0). Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This workflow has 4 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow”. Along the way it connects Google Sheets and Apify (community).
How it runs
Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow”.
- Run an Actor (Apify): uses Apify
- Get dataset items (Apify): work with datasets
- Add data to Google Sheet (Google Sheets): append or update
Services it uses
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
We can't fully verify this one: it relies on 1 community package, and n8n 3.0 turns unverified community packages off by default (N8N_UNVERIFIED_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false).
- Check that @apify/n8n-nodes-apify is verified or supports 3.0 (used in Run an Actor, Get dataset items).
Nodes used (3)
- Apify
@apify/n8n-nodes-apify.apify - Manual Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets
From the author
Disclaimer Community nodes are used, and template can only be used on self-hosted n8n instances. This n8n template from Intuz provides a complete solution to automate the process of scraping company and founder data from Y Combinator. It systematically…