Low-cost AI agents for B2B lead generation

An IT consulting and recruitment agency in Hyderabad wants to build two internal AI agents to automate work while keeping running costs very low. The preferred setup is free tools or cheap services. The first agent would take a list of company domains, check reverse DNS and MX records, and identify which each company uses.

Companies using basic setups such as free Gmail, Yahoo, or older hosting would be marked as leads for a or Zoho migration pitch. The second agent would read the flagged company’s website, understand what the company does, and write a short personalized cold email offering mail solutions or recruitment services. The preferred tools are , Python, or self-hosted low-code platforms.

The main challenge is doing MX record checks and website scraping at scale without paying expensive data or automation providers.

Key points

  • The goal is to build internal AI agents for outbound B2B sales work.
  • One agent would identify a company’s from domain records.
  • Companies with basic email setups would become migration sales leads.
  • A second agent would read company websites and draft personalized cold emails.
  • The stack should be open-source, Python-friendly, self-hosted, or cheap .
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