Our Story
About Workstation
From a tech talent business by the Thames to websites, AI agents and LLM training.
Where it all began
Workstation started in 2000 at Putney Bridge, London, with a simple idea: connect great technology people with the businesses that need them. It was a tech talent business first, and that habit of matching the right people and tools to the right problem has stayed with us ever since.
Over the years the company has moved, changed hands and changed shape, from talent to hardware and software, and now to AI. This page tells that story, one milestone at a time.
The people behind Workstation
Founded by three people in London, and led today by the person who took it on in 2009.
Steve Gibson
Co-founder
Co-founded Workstation at Putney Bridge in 2000.
Vivien Gibson
Co-founder
Co-founded Workstation at Putney Bridge in 2000.
Nathan Mayatt
Co-founder
Co-founded Workstation at Putney Bridge in 2000.
Balinder Walia
CEO
Took over the business as CTO in 2009 and later became CEO.
Our journey
The milestones that shaped Workstation.
2000
Founded at Putney Bridge, London
Steve Gibson, Vivien Gibson and Nathan Mayatt start Workstation at Putney Bridge in London as a tech talent business, helping companies find the technology people they need.
Photo: Leonardo Maruyama de Carvalho, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 2000s
Growing the UK's largest talent database
Step by step, and with the help of automation, the business grows into the largest talent database in the UK for digital creators, technology leaders and marketing services.
2008
A new home on the Marlowes
Workstation moves to an office at the Marlowes in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
Photo: Bryn Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 2009
Balinder Walia takes over as CTO
Balinder Walia takes over the business as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), bringing a technologist's eye to everything Workstation does.
Later
A new CEO and a new direction
Balinder Walia later becomes CEO. Since then Workstation has grown into the largest supplier of hardware and software services.
Today
Websites, AI agents and LLM training
Today we build websites, AI chatbots and agents, through to training large language models. We also supply AI workstations and GPU hardware, with products available from our online shop.
Write the next chapter with us
Whether you need a website, an AI agent or the hardware to train your own models, we would love to hear from you.