AIAM — AI Automation and Marketing

Excited to show how people can get more leverage over their time with AI + Apify.

You don’t need to know how to code. Just curiosity about putting AI to work.

Michael Daigler spends his time building demos, creating content, and connecting with builders at events, bringing a hands-on perspective to what AI can accomplish with the right tools.

In this presentation, Michael will show how he connects AI agents to Apify, a platform with thousands of ready-to-run tools for web data and automation. While AI models can reason and plan, they need tools to access live information, check a competitor’s pricing page, gather recent reviews, or trigger a workflow. Michael will demonstrate how these pieces come together to turn plans into action.

You’ll explore practical go-to-market (GTM) examples, including finding and researching leads, keeping up with LinkedIn and other social channels, and tracking competitors.

Michael will also share everyday automations from his own life that save him time each week, showing how these capabilities extend beyond business.

You’ll leave knowing what an AI agent can actually do once it has the right tools, along with a few setups you can adapt and put to work the next day.

View Michael Daigler LinkedIn profile.

Meetup Format:

The meetup runs from

6:30P-8:30pm

Networking:
6:30 - 6:55pm
Speaker Presentation:
7:00P-7:50pm
Followed by 15-20 minutes of Q&A, but questions may be answered during the presentation.

More networking, talk to presenter or others.

8:05-8:25pm -
Doors MUST be closed by
8:30pm
****Everyone can chat more out in the hotel lobby.
Get $8.00 hotel parking validation from host.

How to Find our Meetup.
Station Austin (Capital Factory) - Omni Hotel - 701 Brazos Street, Austin, TX.
We're in the Voltron Room on the 1st Floor (the big room). Ask the security guard if you can't find us.

Come ready to learn, be inspired, and network with other AI entrepreneurs, developers, startup founders, marketers, digital specialists, and tech people who all want to learn more about AI and exchange knowledge.

Thank you to STATION AUSTIN for sponsoring the AI Automation and Marketing Meetup (AIAM). STATION AUSTIN is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas. They meet the best entrepreneurs in Texas and introduce them to their first investors, employees, mentors, and customers. To sign up for a STATION AUSTIN coworking membership, click here.

Christine (Chrissy) McDannell, founder & principal of The Magnolia Firm, an M&A brokerage for agency owners, and founder of The AI Implementation Club in Austin, a weekly build club that started back in March 2026.

So when she says her business runs on bots, she means it.

Her chief of staff never sleeps. Never forgets a follow-up. Has her day mapped out before the coffee finishes brewing. And it’s backed by a team of bots, each one filling a seat she’d normally hire for. One owns the inbox. One preps her calls. One chases down research while she’s in meetings.

At this session, she opens her laptop and shows you exactly how it works. No slides about the future. No theory. Just real workflows, running live, one step at a time.

What Chrissy will demo live

• The morning brief. Her day, summarized and prioritized before she opens her inbox.
• Call prep on autopilot. She walks into every meeting already knowing who she’s talking to and what matters.
• Email triage into drafts. Her bots sort the inbox and write the replies. She approves, edits, or sends.
• Open loop tracking. Nothing falls through the cracks, even across dozens of conversations.
• Research handoffs. She assigns research before a meeting and walks out to finished answers.

What you’ll leave with

• A blueprint for building a “bot team” around the roles in your own business
• AI agent workflows you can copy and set up the same evening
• A clear line between what to hand off, what to keep, and where your approval still matters
• Answers to your specific questions in open Q&A

Founders. Consultants. Agency owners. Operators. If everything in your business still runs through you, and you’ve wondered what it looks like when AI carries real work, this is your night.

Bring your laptop. Bring your questions. Leave with a plan you can start tonight.

View Chrissy's Linkedin Profile here.

Meetup Format:

The meetup runs from

6:30P-8:30pm

Networking:
6:30 - 6:55pm
Speaker Presentation:
7:00P-7:50pm
Followed by 15-20 minutes of Q&A, but questions may be answered during the presentation.

More networking, talk to presenter or others.

8:05-8:25pm -
Doors MUST be closed by
8:30pm
****Everyone can chat more out in the hotel lobby.
Get $8.00 hotel parking validation from host.

How to Find our Meetup.
Station Austin (Capital Factory) - Omni Hotel - 701 Brazos Street, Austin, TX.
We're in the Voltron Room on the 1st Floor (the big room). Ask the security guard if you can't find us.

Come ready to learn, be inspired, and network with other AI entrepreneurs, developers, startup founders, marketers, digital specialists, and tech people who all want to learn more about AI and exchange knowledge.

Thank you to STATION AUSTIN for sponsoring the AI Automation and Marketing Meetup (AIAM). STATION AUSTIN is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas. They meet the best entrepreneurs in Texas and introduce them to their first investors, employees, mentors, and customers. To sign up for a STATION AUSTIN coworking membership, click here.