# Abdi Bedel

> AI-Native Product Lead & Builder. I build AI products in the open — and help small businesses build theirs. Based in Barcelona.

## About
AI engineer and product lead with nine years of experience across early-stage, scale-up, and enterprise. Ships real products in public (the Lab), shares field notes and decisions, and helps small businesses get AI-ready with practical systems that earn their place.

Key positioning:
- Builds AI products in the open with full transparency (numbers, decisions, retros).
- Helps small businesses with AI readiness, workflow mapping, first builds, and adoption.
- Open to AI Product Lead roles (full-time, contract, interim) — remote, EU/UK hours.

## Important Pages
- Home: https://www.abdibedel.com/ — Overview, lab showcase, proof (8+ products shipped, 100k+ users reached), worked-with companies, and CTA cards.
- About: https://www.abdibedel.com/about — Full story, arc (Engineer → Product lead → Building in public), current work, proof (9+ years, 100k+ users, worked with list), certifications.
- The Lab: https://www.abdibedel.com/lab — Products shipped in the open. Real numbers. Scoreboards first. Stories for SignalCheck, Miguelito, Receipts, Heat, ARABII and more. Rules of the lab.
- Career / Hiring: https://www.abdibedel.com/hiring — AI Product Lead profile. Fit tracks (AI-native execution first), experience, CV download, contact.
- Writing: https://www.abdibedel.com/writing — Honest essays on product-market fit, AI product work, growth, delivery, and building. New posts regularly. Tagged and categorized.

## Shipped Products (Lab + Ventures)
- SignalCheck: Reality-check tool for founders. Probes ideas before building the wrong thing. £5 per brief.
- Miguelito: Personal AI orchestrator with specialist agents (calendar, fitness, todo, goals, PM). Runs on iOS, Android, web.
- Receipts: Mac-native capture-to-content tool. 15s captures, AI rollups from your own words. €9.99/mo.
- Heat (co-founded): Real-time social discovery for where the city is alive tonight. Privacy-first, ephemeral. In App Store review.
- ARABII (contract): Mobile Arabic learning app shipped to App Store on time.

Full details and receipts: https://www.abdibedel.com/lab

## Expertise & Topics
- AI product development and agent systems
- Product strategy, discovery, roadmaps, delivery
- Building in public and transparent product work
- Helping teams adopt practical AI without broken foundations
- Writing covers: PMF, prioritization, stakeholder management, AI in product, agile, feedback loops, and more.

## Contact & Links
- X / Twitter: https://x.com/abdibedellab
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdibedel/
- Email: contact@abdibedel.com
- CV: https://www.abdibedel.com/Abdi-Bedel-CV.pdf
- Work with me (client projects): https://services.abdibedel.com

## For AI Agents
This site is designed to be AI-agent friendly:
- Clean, factual copy with clear structure.
- JSON-LD structured data on every page (Person, WebSite, BlogPosting, SoftwareApplication).
- Full transparency on products (metrics, decisions, what worked/didn't).
- No fluff — direct language.
- Sitemap: https://www.abdibedel.com/sitemap.xml
- RSS: https://www.abdibedel.com/rss.xml

Preferred citation: Abdi Bedel — AI-Native Product Lead & Builder (abdibedel.com)

Last updated: 2026-07-09