🗞️ Scraping with AI💥🚀

Scraping with AI 💥🚀

Everyone's talking about AI agents, but most people are still manually copying and pasting data from sites like it's 2005. This is exactly backwards.

I’ve been experimenting with scraping tools like Apify and Chat4Data lately, not just to collect data, but to see what happens when scraping meets GPT in a smart workflow.

Initially I was impressed with Chat4Data because they claim you can extract structured snippets from sites like Amazon, eBay etc. but while the concept is AWESOME, I found this free Chrome extension to be a bit buggy (will revisit it another time). This tool is currently ranked #1 on Product Hunt.

Apify is a well established app store for scrapers. It is home to over 4,500 “actors” that you can operate with zero code.

You choose the data source, fill out a few inputs with triggers, and it hands you structured results, ready to plug into whatever system you’re building.

That’s what makes it interesting. It’s not just a tool for devs. It’s for anyone who wants clean, usable data at scale.

Automated Competitive Intelligence Pipeline with Apify

Here’s a Make.com automation I put together with Apify as my starting point.

• Instagram monitoring with Apify: Set up an "actor" that pulls posts, captions, engagement metrics, and hashtags from competitor accounts daily, completely hands-off

  

• Pass scraped images into a Make.com automation workflow

• Run each image through ChatGPT’s vision model to interpret the image and create an engaging hook for a new post inspired by the competitor

• Save each suggestion into a new row inGoogle Sheets for further processing.

What I get now is an automated evolving swipe file that builds itself. I don’t have to scroll. I don’t have to guess what worked. Apify+GPT gives me the essence of every post, distilled and searchable.

I’ve also started poking around Apify’s Amazon actors. There are 98 scrapers for reviews, pricing, seller info, bestsellers, and more.

Setting up automation pipelines the whole operation of scraping runs without human intervention. Data flows from scraping → AI analysis → actionable insights, automatically.

This isn't just about efficiency. It's about building systems that can actually keep pace with how fast information moves online.

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Relight AI

Have you ever taken a decent photo only to realize the lighting is completely off? Not bad enough to delete, but not good enough to use either. That’s where Relight AI comes in.

This tool lets you add and reposition light sources after the fact, without touching Photoshop. You can adjust the angle, intensity, and warmth of the light, and it reshapes the shadows and highlights to match. No masking. No layers. Just upload the image, drag the light where you want it, and you’re done.

It’s perfect for portraits, product shots, or lifestyle photos that feel a little flat. You can use presets or go manual with full control over multiple light sources.

Photoshop could technically do this, but most of us don’t have the software or the time to learn it. Relight AI makes complex lighting edits feel like dragging a slider. One of those tools that quietly does one thing really well.

How much you ask?

Free plan – 5 credits per month (enough for 1–5 relights)
Starter – $6/month for 100 credits (about 20 photos)
Standard – $22/month (first month $11) for 500 credits (≈100 photos)

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This week’s thought leader is my good friend Steve Chou who runs a million dollar store with barely any employees, all using AI. Steve runs Bumblebee linens and uses automation for almost every part of his business. Learn how he does it.

Remember, you need to have a bias for AI to be able to leverage it. Watch this to learn how Steve does it!

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~Ritu