Our Story · Gradientts

BUILT BY A
BUILDER,
FOR BUILDERS.

Gradientts was born from a simple frustration — the gap between what academia teaches and what industry actually needs is enormous, and nobody was bridging it seriously.

Our Mission
Why we
exist.

The AI engineering landscape is moving faster than any curriculum can track. Companies are hiring — but they're hiring builders, not students who can describe a transformer on paper.

We exist to close that gap. Our goal is to build a generation of engineers who don’t just consume AI tools — they build them. Every week at Gradientts ends with a real product: shipped, deployed, and live. Not a notebook. Not a slide deck.

We don't believe in passive learning. We bridge the gap between academic theory and industry-ready implementation by combining active mentorship, hands-on building, and engineering-focused education under real constraints.

// Core belief
"THE BEST WAY TO LEARN AI ENGINEERING IS TO SHIP AI SYSTEMS."
Tharun Naik Ramavath · Founder, Gradientts
Our Approach
The Gradientts
Framework.
1
Live Mentor-Led Learning
Learn directly from engineers and mentors through structured live sessions focused on implementation and engineering depth.
2
Build Real AI Systems
Work on hands-on projects involving AI Agents, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), LLM applications, automation workflows, and production systems.
3
Industry-Focused Approach
Our curriculum is designed around practical AI engineering skills that modern companies and startups are actively adopting.
4
Career Growth Support
Receive structured guidance including portfolio building, resume reviews, LinkedIn optimization, GitHub rebuilding, and mock interviews.
8 WEEKS Live Cohort Program
40+ HRS Live learning hours
8+ PROJS Production AI Systems
1:1 Portfolio & Career Help
Tharun Naik
Founder & Lead Instructor
THARUN NAIK
RAMAVATH
M.Tech, IIT Kharagpur
Founder, Gradientts · AI Educator
IIT Kharagpur AI Engineering 2+ Yrs Teaching M.Tech
Meet the founder
BUILDING
ENGINEERS
WHO SHIP.

Tharun Naik Ramavath is an IIT Kharagpur alumnus with 2+ years of experience teaching Artificial Intelligence and intelligent systems. His journey toward building Gradientts began with a personal realization during his student years. After being approached by an edtech company for an AI program, the final price revealed at the end of the process was an overwhelming ₹1.5 lakhs. That experience exposed a major problem in the industry — high-quality AI education had become inaccessible for many ambitious learners.

Driven by the belief that practical AI engineering education should be affordable and outcome-focused, Tharun founded Gradientts to bridge the gap between theoretical learning and real-world implementation.

Over the years, he observed a recurring pattern among students and professionals alike: many possessed strong theoretical knowledge but struggled to clear recruiter evaluations because they lacked deployed projects, production-ready systems, and hands-on engineering experience. The challenge was never intelligence — it was exposure to practical execution.

To solve this, Tharun began mentoring students and professionals across countries including the USA, UK, Canada, and Australia, helping them transition into AI Engineering roles through project-first learning. His mentorship focused on building production-oriented systems such as RAG pipelines, autonomous AI agents, scalable APIs, and modern AI applications.

Gradientts is the formalization of that mission — an elite, live, cohort-based AI engineering program designed to transform motivated learners into industry-ready AI engineers through hands-on building, direct code reviews, structured mentorship, and career-focused guidance.

To connect, reach out at support@gradientts.com or follow Tharun on LinkedIn through the founder profile.

Journey
How Gradientts
came to life.
The Spark
A conversation that changed everything
While exploring opportunities in the edtech space, Tharun was approached by an education company interested in collaborating with him. During the discussions, he realized that the pricing being offered to students for AI programs was extremely high — often far beyond what many aspiring learners could realistically afford. That moment exposed a deeper problem in the industry: quality AI education had become inaccessible for many talented students. It sparked the idea behind Gradientts — to create a practical, industry-focused AI engineering program that delivers real value without unnecessary barriers.
The Experiment
Testing what actually helps people break into AI
Over 2+ years of mentoring students and working professionals across countries including the USA, UK, Canada, and Australia, Tharun treated teaching like an ongoing experiment. Instead of focusing only on theory, he pushed learners to build real AI systems — from RAG pipelines to autonomous AI agents and scalable APIs — to see what genuinely accelerated growth. The result became clear: learners who built production-oriented projects developed confidence faster, understood concepts deeper, and consistently achieved stronger career outcomes.
The Build
Designing the curriculum from industry backward
Gradientts was built around a simple principle: teach what modern AI engineering actually demands. Every module, project, and workflow in the 8-week program was designed based on real industry expectations, production practices, and engineering workflows — not outdated academic structures.
Now
Gradientts Cohort 1 · July 22, 2026
The first official Gradientts cohort begins — a live, mentor-led, intensive AI engineering experience followed by structured career support. The mission is clear: help motivated learners become industry-ready AI engineers capable of building, shipping, and scaling real AI systems.
What We Stand For
Our values
aren't slides.

Every decision we make — from curriculum design to how we talk to rejected applicants — comes back to these principles.

1
Execution Over Theory
We measure success by what you ship, not what you understand. Every week produces something real. Understanding the internals comes from building, not from slides.
2
Radical Honesty
We don't promise jobs. We don't inflate numbers. We tell rejected applicants exactly what to fix. Honesty builds long-term trust — and better engineers.
3
Cohort as Community
Your batchmates are your first collaborators, referrals, and co-founders. We design every interaction to build real professional relationships, not just classmates.
4
Production Standards
We teach to the standard the industry actually operates at — Docker, evaluation pipelines, LangSmith traces, deployed APIs. Not "good enough for a tutorial."
5
Continuous Update
AI moves fast. The curriculum updates before every cohort. If a tool has become industry standard since the last run, it's in the next one. We don't teach what's outdated.
6
Student-First Always
Every decision — pricing, session timing, rejection handling — is made with the student's outcome in mind, not optics. This is rare in the edtech space. We intend to keep it rare.
Join Cohort 1
READY TO
START BUILDING?

Cohort 1 starts July 22, 2026. Applications are open and seats are limited. Apply now before the cohort fills.

Apply to Cohort 1
Starts July 22, 2026 Limited Cohort Size support@gradientts.com