About TenthMatrix
Our story
From a tech talent business by the Thames to AI agents, AI tools and the software they run on.
Where it all began
TenthMatrix began as Workstation, founded in 2000 at Putney Bridge, London, with a simple idea: connect good technology people with the businesses that need them. It was a tech talent business first. Matching the right people and tools to the right problem is still how we work.
Over the years the company moved, changed hands and changed shape: from talent to hardware and software, then to AI. In 2026 the software side became TenthMatrix. This page tells that story one milestone at a time.
The people behind it
Founded by three people in London, and led today by the person who took it on in 2009.
Co-founder
Steve Gibson
Co-founded Workstation at Putney Bridge in 2000.
Co-founder
Vivien Gibson
Co-founded Workstation at Putney Bridge in 2000.
Co-founder
Nathan Mayatt
Co-founded Workstation at Putney Bridge in 2000.
CEO
Balinder Walia
Took over the business as CTO in 2009, later became CEO and launched TenthMatrix.
Our journey
The milestones that led to TenthMatrix.
- 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, bringing a technologist's eye to everything Workstation does.
- Later
A new CEO and a new direction
Balinder Walia becomes CEO. Workstation grows into a supplier of hardware and software services, and starts building websites, AI chatbots and agents for clients.
- 2026
TenthMatrix is launched
The software side is split out as TenthMatrix: AI agents, AI tools, AI applications and the products they run on, including Proxy10x, VPN10x, Vault10x and Registry10x. Workstation keeps the GPU workstations and hardware. Both are brands of Workstation Solutions Ltd.
- Today
AI agents and AI-assisted software
We design, build and run AI agents and generative AI applications for clients, and publish the engineering behind them on this site.
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