# Monitor competitor funding with Apify and Gemini: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to Gemini.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/monitor-competitor-funding-with-apify-and-gemini (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Monitor competitor funding with Apify and Gemini

Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to Gemini. 13 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: Gemini

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**13 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 3 Logic 4 Service 5

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **Every Monday 8AM Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Google Gemini Model** Lm Chat Google Gemini *Model*
- 3 **Parse Structured AI Output** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 4 **Read Competitors from Sheets** Google Sheets *Service*
- 5 **Strategic Analysis Agent** Agent *Model*
- 6 **Prepare Scraper Input** Code *Logic*
- 7 **Parse AI Analysis Output** Code *Logic*
- 8 **Post to Apify Scraper API** Http Request *Service*
- 9 **Send Slack Alert Message** Slack *Service*
- 10 **Calculate Funding Baseline** Code *Logic*
- 11 **Update Sheet on Funding Change** Google Sheets *Service*
- 12 **If New Funding Found** If *Logic*
- 13 **Update Sheet for No Changes** Google Sheets *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 13, with 1 branch
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Sheets, Slack
- **Model:** Gemini

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets and Slack accounts, and a key for Gemini. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls Gemini. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 13 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 13 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fmonitor-competitor-funding-with-apify-and-gemini)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)[Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Slack#library)

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