The Gradient
The Gradient

The EU AI Act Enforcement Is Live: What the First 60 Days Tell Us

In June, the EU delayed the AI Act’s hardest requirements to 2027. Product teams exhaled. We warned they shouldn’t. Article 50 transparency obligations weren’t part of the delay. On August 2, they took effect on schedule. Within four weeks, the AI Office sent formal...

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The Gradient
The Gradient

Always-On Agents, Borrowed Interfaces: What OpenAI DevDay 2026 Means for Product Teams

OpenAI's agents now keep working after you close the tab. Third-party products now get a permanent place beside the conversation, not a single turn inside it. Both shipped at DevDay 2026. The announcements answer a capability question. They leave a design question wide open...

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Julia Nikolaienko

How Valentina Found Her Place in Berriboo

Valentina loves autumn, the forest, homemade baking, and mushrooms more than anything. There is just one problem: she can never find them. The mushrooms, however, know exactly where to find Valentina. This is the story behind her little forest secret, her famous mushroom...

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The Gradient
The Gradient

Norvana Is Nominated for the UX Design Awards 2026

Norvana has been named a nominee at the UX Design Awards 2026 — one of 195 projects selected from more than 500 entries worldwide, in the Concept category alongside health and assistive-technology work from 42 countries.

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The Gradient
The Gradient

10 Years of The Gradient: What AI Changed, and What It Didn't

Ten years, three founders, one question: what actually changed? We asked everyone — the people who built this agency from zero and the designers who joined somewhere along the way. This is what they said.

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