TL;DR

AI crossed a threshold—but the bottleneck isn't the models anymore. It's the system around them: where the work runs, how it connects to real tools and data, and how you ship something reliable. Today we're introducing Workshop: one platform across Cloud + Desktop where you can build websites, AI-powered apps, trusted dashboards, and internal tools—then deploy and share with confidence.

The Bottleneck Moved

AI has crossed a threshold. For many teams, it's no longer controversial to say that AI is writing a meaningful share of production code.

And yet, most people's day-to-day experience with AI still looks like this: you ask for something, you get a draft, and then the real work begins. The wiring. The environment. The connections. The guardrails. The "how do we ship this without it breaking or leaking or costing a fortune?"

That's because the bottleneck moved.

The bottleneck isn't the models anymore. It's the system around them.

Today, we're introducing Workshop.

Workshop is the complete system for creating with AI: build, connect, and ship—across Cloud + Desktop.

What We Mean by "System"

When we say "system," we mean you don't have to assemble five products just to get to something real. Workshop brings the pieces together into one workflow:

Build in a Real Runtime

In Workshop Cloud, you build in your browser—iterate quickly, collaborate, and publish what you make. In Workshop Desktop, you have a general AI agent on your computer for deeper work—local files, local runtimes, and existing projects.

Connect to the Real Thing

Workshop is designed around connections—to models, tools, and data—so your outputs aren't based on pasted context. You can wire apps to the systems you actually use, with centralized secrets and permissions and real execution, not pasted context.

Ship with Confidence

When something works, you should be able to ship it. Workshop is built for deployed outcomes: fullstack apps with real backends, websites with real server-side capabilities, and serverless deployments that scale-to-zero so you pay only when active.

Why Workshop Is a Great Place to Build AI Apps

A lot of the pain of building AI apps isn't the prompt—it's everything around it: choosing models, managing keys, worrying about billing and rate limits, and keeping credentials safe.

Workshop supports the key frontier models built in, so you can use Gemini, Anthropic, and OpenAI in your apps without having to manage keys, billing, or limits yourself (via managed connectors). And if you prefer, you can also bring your own keys and have usage billed directly to you.

What You Can Build

Workshop is built to support a wide range of stacks and workflows across Cloud + Desktop—and it's designed for the kinds of things people rely on at work.

Here are a few highlights:

AI-Powered Apps That Ship

Workshop can take you from prompt to deployed AI app in minutes, generating fullstack apps with real backends, databases, and auth, deployed in one click.

Websites with Real Server-Side Capabilities

Build and ship modern sites to serverless infrastructure—frontend and backend together—so they can do more than render pages. And because you own your code, you can host anywhere.

Dashboards You Can Actually Trust

Workshop dashboards are governed by your semantic layer, with verification agents that help catch errors while analytics engineers stay in control.

Local Models When You Want Them

Sometimes you want privacy, offline capability, or zero API cost. Workshop Desktop can run local models—your code and data never leave your machine.

To Celebrate the Launch

• $250,000 in Gemini credits (including Nano Banana for images)
• Free hosting for published apps for 1 month (terms apply)
• Unlimited free local AI on Workshop Desktop (private + offline-capable)

Try Workshop Cloud or Download Workshop Desktop at workshop.ai.