Run outbound sales from research to booked demos
A solo SaaS founder gave an agent his ICP, calendar and inbox; it researched 300 companies, qualified 61, wrote personalized emails and booked 14 demos.
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- What they did
- Solo founder gave OpenAI Dots his ICP, calendar and inbox plus one prompt. The agent ran recurring jobs: scholar researched news/hiring/funding/tech for targets, watcher spotted signals, bouncer disqualified before outreach, builder wrote one fact-based first line per email, manager handled replies with calendar slots and produced one-page briefs. It acted autonomously after the first 20 emails, max 30/day, stopping on no-interest replies.
- How it went
- Over four days it researched 300 companies, qualified 61, sent emails, got 18 replies and booked 14 demos for $186k pipeline; nine were disqualified for size or budget.
- Worth knowing
- Founder reviewed and approved only the first 20 emails before full autonomy.
Try it yourself with Dots
Run outbound sales for my product, [what you sell]. My ideal customer is [industry, company size, job titles, other criteria]. Research [number] companies that fit, qualify them against those criteria, and give me a list showing why each qualified. For each qualified company, draft a personalized email to [contact role] that mentions something specific you found, and propose times from my calendar for a demo. Pause and show me the full list and all drafts before sending any email or booking anything on my calendar, and stop once I have approved the batch.
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Source: X · Oct 12, 2026
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