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  <title>Oncel Cebeci · Notebook</title>
  <subtitle>Product leader and AI systems builder with 18+ years across brand, consumer products, enterprise platforms, and AI-first software. Designer at the core, with hands-on range across product strategy, roadmap shaping, GTM systems, analytics, agentic workflows, inference paths, backend logic, and cross-platform product surfaces. Building with ML/AI since 2019, before it became a default product layer.</subtitle>
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    <title>When agents need a world</title>
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    <updated>2026-05-03T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-05-03T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
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    <summary>Better AI memory needs structure, provenance, scope, and consent, because agents need to know which world they are acting in.</summary>
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    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/tiny-things-story</id>
    <title>Tiny Things, the studio</title>
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    <updated>2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
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    <summary>Single-person product organisation. Local-first, native, opinionated.</summary>
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    <title>Manwe</title>
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    <updated>2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
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    <summary>AI doesn&apos;t need better answers. It needs better disagreement.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/kiwa</id>
    <title>Kiwa</title>
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    <updated>2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
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    <summary>A generative production studio for image, video, audio, and text.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/the-agency-years</id>
    <title>The Agency years</title>
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    <updated>2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
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    <summary>Six years in advertising taught me to defend a position before defending a render.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/notchlive</id>
    <title>NotchLive</title>
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    <updated>2026-03-15T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-03-15T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
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    <summary>Live captions for every Mac app. Private. On-device. In your notch.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notes/manwe</id>
    <title>Better disagreement</title>
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    <updated>2026-03-10T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-03-10T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
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    <summary>I am building Manwe as a room for thinking, where AI helps decisions survive evidence, disagreement, memory, and pressure.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notes/we-just-played</id>
    <title>We just played.</title>
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    <updated>2026-02-14T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-02-14T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
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    <summary>Most of prompt engineering is just reload, adjust, retry. Gamers have been doing that since before AI existed.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/notchpad</id>
    <title>NotchPad</title>
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    <updated>2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
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    <summary>Your private text inbox. One hover away.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/signal-news</id>
    <title>Signal News</title>
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    <updated>2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
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    <summary>All the news that matters. Nothing else.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/2025-08-tiny-things</id>
    <title>Founded Tiny Things, an independent studio for AI-native and native software.</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.oncelcebeci.com/#2025-08-tiny-things" />
    <updated>2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <category term="mark" />
    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
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    <summary>Founded Tiny Things, an independent studio for AI-native and native software.</summary>
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    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/content-manager</id>
    <title>Content Manager</title>
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    <updated>2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
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    <summary>One workspace for assets, comments, and approvals across creative teams.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/90-seconds-rebuild</id>
    <title>90 Seconds Rebuild</title>
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    <updated>2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
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    <summary>Rebuilt a decade-old global video platform without breaking the customers who already trusted it.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/vavda</id>
    <title>Vavda</title>
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    <updated>2021-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2021-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
    </author>
    <summary>A call-center platform for analytics, voice review, and role-specific operations workflows.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/stella</id>
    <title>Stella</title>
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    <updated>2021-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2021-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
    </author>
    <summary>A first AI/ML interface for business data, built before the wave.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/belowmrkt</id>
    <title>belowmrkt</title>
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    <updated>2019-09-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2019-09-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
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    <summary>Adaptive property search that learned from how people browsed.</summary>
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    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/2019-07-90-seconds</id>
    <title>Joined 90 Seconds as Head of UX &amp; Design.</title>
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    <updated>2019-07-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2019-07-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
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    <summary>Joined 90 Seconds as Head of UX &amp; Design.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/braive</id>
    <title>Braive</title>
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    <updated>2019-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2019-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
    </author>
    <summary>A mental health platform that stayed calm under clinical weight.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/icered</id>
    <title>IceRed</title>
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    <updated>2019-05-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2019-05-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
    </author>
    <summary>Event management platform for a Hong Kong startup, built in under three months.</summary>
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    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/travelbook</id>
    <title>Travelbook</title>
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    <updated>2019-02-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2019-02-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <category term="ship" />
    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
    </author>
    <summary>Social travel platform that grew into planning, booking, and discovery without losing its community.</summary>
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    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/yesmom</id>
    <title>Yesmom</title>
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    <updated>2018-09-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2018-09-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <category term="ship" />
    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
    </author>
    <summary>A fertility and pregnancy companion that turned health data into daily reassurance.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/shop-99</id>
    <title>Shop 99</title>
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    <updated>2018-08-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2018-08-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <category term="ship" />
    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
    </author>
    <summary>Conversational commerce, before chat-as-interface was an idea.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/fineo</id>
    <title>Fineo</title>
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    <updated>2018-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2018-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <category term="ship" />
    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
    </author>
    <summary>A learning platform for finance, law, and business professionals.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/workhiro</id>
    <title>Workhiro</title>
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    <updated>2017-09-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2017-09-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <category term="ship" />
    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
    </author>
    <summary>A data-first hiring platform that read candidates as people, not as keyword matches.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/sisu</id>
    <title>Sisu</title>
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    <updated>2017-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2017-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
    </author>
    <summary>Android app for a Thailand-based consumer startup. Led design from concept to launch.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/2016-03-nimble</id>
    <title>Joined Nimble, a product studio for startups and enterprise clients.</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.oncelcebeci.com/#2016-03-nimble" />
    <updated>2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <category term="mark" />
    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
    </author>
    <summary>Joined Nimble, a product studio for startups and enterprise clients.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/mcc</id>
    <title>MCC</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.oncelcebeci.com/mcc" />
    <updated>2015-09-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2015-09-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <category term="ship" />
    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
    </author>
    <summary>A web platform for a century-old community, designed to outlast its own redesigns.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/2015-08-side-projects</id>
    <title>Independent product work for founders and small teams.</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.oncelcebeci.com/#2015-08-side-projects" />
    <updated>2015-08-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2015-08-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <category term="mark" />
    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
    </author>
    <summary>Independent product work for founders and small teams.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/betbull</id>
    <title>BetBull</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.oncelcebeci.com/betbull" />
    <updated>2015-05-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2015-05-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <category term="ship" />
    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
    </author>
    <summary>MVP for a London-based sports betting startup that helped close $80M+ in funding.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>https://www.oncelcebeci.com/notebook/2015-04-betbull-joined</id>
    <title>Joined BetBull as Senior Product Designer.</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.oncelcebeci.com/#2015-04-betbull-joined" />
    <updated>2015-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2015-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <category term="mark" />
    <author>
      <name>Oncel Cebeci</name>
      <email>oncelcebeci@gmail.com</email>
    </author>
    <summary>Joined BetBull as Senior Product Designer.</summary>
  </entry>
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