Buying Signal Tracking.
A watchlist of target accounts swept continuously for the moments that make outreach land: job changes, funding rounds, hiring spikes, and tech-stack changes. The AI employee feeds weekly deltas back into your lead lists so sellers reach out while the trigger is fresh.
How the AI employee does it
(from the Research Analyst playbook)Build the watchlist — target accounts registered for continuous monitoring
Sweep the signal layer — Crunchbase funding, job-board feeds, and tech-stack changes checked on schedule
Attach the evidence — every signal carries a source URL; unverifiable claims are marked unverified
Feed the deltas back — weekly signal digests update account scores and outreach queues
Tools on the job
(official APIs)CrunchbaseBuiltWithApollo.ioSlack
Full stack on the Research Analyst knowledge base.
Measured by
(the number that matters)Actionable signals surfaced per week that feed Tier-A outreach, replacing part of the ~18 hrs/week manual research baseline
Every action logged and reviewable — how trust works here.
Related tasks
(the staff work together)Put this on someone's desk
(alpha)Rae (Ext. 108) handles buying signal tracking as part of the Research Analyst seat — flat from $499/agent/mo, one agent per dedicated machine. Build the staffer.