# Gradual

> Gradual is an all-in-one community platform that pulls events, content, courses, and member conversations into a single white-labeled space. Founded in 2021 by Jerry Li out of the tooling he built for his Engineering Leadership Community, it now powers communities for OpenAI, Perplexity, Scale AI, Fiverr, and Siemens - positioning itself against fragmented stacks built from Glue Up, LearnWorlds, and Thinkific.

## Achievements

- Powers branded communities for OpenAI, Perplexity, Scale AI, Fiverr, and Siemens.
- Consolidates events, content, courses, forums, and member matching into a single white-labeled platform.
- Supports events of up to 100,000 concurrent viewers, plus hybrid check-in, badge printing, and a mobile app.
- SOC 2 certified.
- Grew out of ELC, an engineering-leadership community of 10,000+ members.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Gradual continues to expand among AI-native companies, with customers including OpenAI, Perplexity, Scale AI, and Cognition, and leans into AI-assisted community features.

## Links

- Website: https://www.gradual.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/products/gradual-inc-gradual/

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Last updated: 2026-08-07