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Build a lead list with verified emails. And a reason to write to each one.
A B2B lead list is the people you should contact, how to reach them, and why now. With Agentik, your AI finds matching people and their emails with Leadsforge, fills the gaps and verifies every address with Icypeas, and finds a recent news hook for each company with Serper.
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- providers
- 3
- tools
- 6
- example, at most
- $1.10
Prices from the live catalog · updated
- Step 1: Size the audienceLeadsforgeFree
- Step 2: Pull the peopleLeadsforgeFree
- Step 3: Find their work emailsLeadsforge$0.56
- Step 4: Fill the gapsIcypeas$0.19
- Step 5: Verify every addressIcypeas$0.10
- Step 6: Find a reason to writeSerper$0.25
- Step 7: Write the first linesYour AI, no tool call
Paid from one prepaid balanceat most $1.10
Why 3 providers
Each provider does one part. Your AI does the rest.
No single provider covers this job. Through Agentik your AI calls each one for its part, from one connection.
Leadsforge
People matching your buyer, filtered by role, seniority, industry, size and location, and their work emails.
3 tools · steps 1, 2 and 3$0.56
Icypeas
The emails Leadsforge didn’t find, and a check of every address before you send.
2 tools · steps 4 and 5$0.29
Serper
Recent Google News about each company: funding, hires, launches.
1 tool · step 6$0.25
Without Agentik
3 accounts, 3 API keys, 3 bills.
- LeadsforgeSign-up, card, API key, bill
- IcypeasSign-up, card, API key, bill
- SerperSign-up, card, API key, bill
Then code to call each API, retry it and join the results before your AI can use them.
With Agentik
One connection. One prepaid balance.
- Two email sources, a verifier and Google News through one connection, without a Leadsforge or Icypeas plan.
- The people search is free; each email found and each check is priced before your agent runs.
- Your AI shows the price before each call, and a call that ends in an error is refunded.
Step by step
How to build a B2B lead list in Claude or ChatGPT. Step by step.
Prices are for this example: 50 people in software companies of 20 to 200 employees in France and Germany, emails looked up for all, a second source for 10, every address verified, 25 companies checked in the news. They are the most each call can reserve at today’s catalog prices.
Step 1: Size the audience
LeadsforgeA free count of the people who match, so the filters can be tuned before anything is paid.
Tools called in step 1 Count people leadsforge/count-peopleFree Step 2: Pull the people
LeadsforgeLeadsforge returns each match with title, company, domain and LinkedIn profile, at no cost per search.
Tools called in step 2 People search leadsforge/search-people50 people Free Step 3: Find their work emails
LeadsforgeLeadsforge looks up each person’s work email.
Tools called in step 3 Find emails leadsforge/find-emails-batch50 people at most $0.56 Step 4: Fill the gaps
IcypeasIcypeas tries a second source for the people Leadsforge couldn’t find. Nothing found, nothing billed.
Tools called in step 4 Find work emails icypeas/find-emails-batch10 people at most $0.19 Step 5: Verify every address
IcypeasIcypeas checks each address with its mail server before you send, which protects your sender reputation.
Tools called in step 5 Verify emails icypeas/verify-emails-batch50 emails at most $0.10 Step 6: Find a reason to write
SerperSerper searches Google News for each company’s recent funding, hires or launches.
Tools called in step 6 Google News search serper/news25 companies at most $0.25 Step 7: Write the first lines
Your AIYour AI writes one line per person, tied to the news it found.
What you get
What you get: a lead list with verified emails. In your conversation.
You provide
- Your buyer: roles, industries, company size and countries
- How many people you want
- What you sell, for the opening lines
Your AI returns
- A list of people with title, company, domain and LinkedIn profile
- A work email for each, marked verified or not
- A recent news hook per company, with its link
- A first line for each person, tied to that hook
| Name | Title | Company | Reason to write | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camille D. | Head of Growth | Example Software | Verified | Raised a Series A |
| Jonas K. | VP Marketing | Example GmbH | Verified | Hiring two SDRs |
| Ana R. | Head of Growth | Example Cloud | Not found | Opened in Madrid |
Placeholders: your rows come from your run.
The prompt
Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Cursor.
Once Agentik is connected, your AI asks for your inputs, checks each tool and shows the price before anything runs.
Or ask it your way
- “Find 100 heads of finance at logistics companies in Spain, with verified emails.”
- “List the CTOs of Series A fintechs in the UK, with a reason to contact each.”
- “Which of these 40 contacts have emails that will bounce?”
- “Find the marketing lead at each of these 20 companies, with a recent news hook.”
What it costs
At most $1.10. From one balance.
Each provider’s own price, with 0% markup. Each call reserves at most the amount shown, is billed for what it actually used, and the rest is released. A call that ends in an error is refunded.
Leadsforge$0.56
- Count peopleFree
- People search50 peopleFree
- Find emails50 people$0.56
Icypeas$0.29
- Find work emails10 people$0.19
- Verify emails50 emails$0.10
Serper$0.25
- Google News search25 companies$0.25
Total, at most$1.10
Good to know
- Contact people with a legitimate interest, honour opt-outs and follow your local rules (GDPR in Europe).
- No source covers everyone: expect some people without a verified email.
When to use something else
To run sequences and track replies, export the list to your sales engagement tool; Agentik builds and checks the list.
Questions
B2B lead list: straight answers.
Still unsure? Ask us.
Why two email providers?
Each source covers different people. Leadsforge finds most; Icypeas tries the rest and checks every address, so fewer emails bounce.
Couldn’t I just subscribe to Leadsforge?
For the people and most emails, yes. The second source, the verification and the news hooks come from Icypeas and Serper. Through Agentik your AI uses all three from one connection and pays per result; the example costs at most $1.10.
Is it GDPR compliant?
That depends on how you use the data. Contact business addresses with a legitimate interest, say where you got them and honour opt-outs.
Keep going
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Account research
Their site, latest news, official filings and the profiles of the people you’ll meet, in a one-page brief with sources.
4 providers6 toolsexample at most $0.12
Leadsforge, Icypeas, Exa and GitHub
Candidate sourcing
People in the role today, their full profiles, the open-source work behind their names, and verified emails for the shortlist.
4 providers6 toolsexample at most $1.00
Exa, Firecrawl, DataForSEO, Hacker News and X
Market research
The companies in the space, their pricing pages, Google search demand for the category, and what buyers say on Hacker News and X.
5 providers7 toolsexample at most $0.43
Run it today
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