Why live web search is replacing static B2B contact databases (Apollo, Clay)

Hey makers! 👋

While building outbound workflows, we found that static lead databases decay by ~30% each year, causing high bounce rates, while Google charges $18/mo per seat just for sending inboxes.

We ditched pre-scraped lists and corporate email taxes to build AirPulsar — a 100% free B2B discovery engine querying the live web via Google Search Grounding with BYOK economics (~$0.006/company), $0 domain email sending via Cloudflare + Resend, and a native 22-tool Cloud MCP server for Claude and Cursor.

We launch this Friday on Hypership Day! 🚀

Curious to hear from fellow builders: how does your team currently source B2B accounts? Do you still rely on Apollo/ZoomInfo, or are you exploring live-web AI search?