# The Gradient: AI Startup Coverage, free (thegradient.pub)

> The Gradient is a tech publication at thegradient.pub. It covers AI startups, with a rule: essays and overviews only. Listing is free. Review: writers fill in an interest form and an editor replies if they seem a good fit; every article goes through editing. Terms read on thegradient.pub on 3 October 2026.

Non-profit, volunteer-run AI magazine for essays and overviews by people in the AI community, not product news. It publishes only a few pieces a year; the latest is dated 18 February 2026.

- Site: https://thegradient.pub/
- Kind: Press
- Verdict: Essays and overviews only
- Price: No fee stated to write; the site is non-profit and volunteer-run
- Link you get: not stated
- Review: Writers fill in an interest form and an editor replies if they seem a good fit; every article goes through editing
- Reach: big (#268483 by traffic in the Tranco top million; #38463 by links in Common Crawl's web graph)
- How to submit: a form; the link or address shows on the page for signed-in visitors (https://listaify.com/login, free)
- Lists: every kind of AI product
- Their rule: https://thegradient.pub/write/
- Checked: 2026-10-03

Page: https://listaify.com/places/the-gradient

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