March 24, 2026 5 min read

Introducing Workshop

Build AI apps, trusted dashboards, websites, and internal tools — with cloud and local models, across Cloud + Desktop.

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TL;DR

The future of AI work is neither cloud-based nor local. It's both. Today we're launching Workshop: one platform across Cloud + Desktop where you can build and monetize AI apps, create trusted dashboards, ship websites with real backends, and grow your business with internal tools — powered by frontier models in the cloud or open-source models running locally on your machine.

To celebrate, we're giving away $250,000 in Gemini AI credits and 1 month of free app hosting to eligible users. Claim your free credits →

Cloud + Local. Not Either/Or.

AI has crossed a threshold. But the way most people use it hasn't caught up. You're either locked into a cloud-only experience, paying per token for everything — or you're wrestling with local model setup that feels like installing Linux from scratch.

We built Workshop because we think the answer is both.

In Workshop Cloud, you use agents powered by frontier models like Claude, GPT, and Gemini — plus open-source models like GLM-5 — to build internal tools, dashboards, and AI web apps. Or breeze through tasks like managing your Google and Meta Ads.

In Workshop Desktop, you do all of the same right on your computer, plus make desktop apps, mobile apps, and 3D creations. And you can power the full agent experience with local models like Qwen 3.5 on your own hardware. Fully offline. Zero API cost.

Start in Cloud when you want flexibility and speed. Download your project and continue in Desktop when you want local files, privacy, or better performance on large codebases. Publish from either.

Workshop Cloud and Desktop

What You Can Build

Workshop isn't just a coding tool. It's a system for creating things people actually use — at work, for clients, or as products you monetize.

Build and Monetize AI Apps

Workshop takes you from prompt to deployed AI app in minutes. Generate fullstack apps with real backends, databases, and auth — and deploy in one click. The hardest part of shipping AI apps isn't the prompt — it's choosing models, managing keys, worrying about billing and rate limits, and keeping credentials safe. Workshop handles that with managed connectors for Gemini, Anthropic, and OpenAI built in. Or bring your own keys.

People are already building and shipping everything from AI image generators to SaaS tools to client-facing chatbots.

Build and Monetize AI Apps in Workshop

Trusted Dashboards, Not Just Charts

Point an AI agent at your data warehouse and ask for a revenue dashboard — you'll get something that looks right, runs fine, and is quietly wrong. We've seen this at scale. That's why Workshop dashboards are governed by your semantic layer, with verification agents that help catch errors while analytics engineers stay in control. Native dbt integration means your dashboards are grounded in the metrics your team already trusts.

Trusted Dashboards in Workshop

Websites With Real Backends

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

Websites With Real Backends in Workshop

Internal Tools That Connect to Everything

Workshop comes with dozens of connectors — Google Drive, BigQuery, Supabase, and more — so you can build tools that actually talk to your systems. No separate integration layer. No glue code.

Internal Tools That Connect to Everything

Local Models When You Want Them

2026 is the year local models become viable for mainstream agentic work. But the setup for open-source tooling is still painful. Workshop Desktop is one-click to install on Windows, Mac, and Linux. It recommends which open-source model to use for your hardware, lets you download and run it right in the app, and its agent harness lets you chat, create, and build — 100% offline. Or multitask with cloud models on some threads and local models on others.

Local Models in Workshop Desktop

Packed With Features

The agent tooling space is maturing and discerning users have come to expect a lot from their tools. We've packed Workshop with features to help you 10x your productivity:

  • Native support for skills — teach the agent your workflows
  • Autocompaction for seamless context management
  • Built-in AI for your apps — Gemini, Claude, and GPT via managed connectors
  • Dozens of connectors — Google Drive, BigQuery, Supabase, and more
  • dbt integration to ground your dashboards in your semantic layer
  • Native GitHub integration
  • Private app deployment — share securely with your team or clients
  • Cloud + Desktop — start in the browser, continue on your machine

And we're shipping fast.

$250,000 in Gemini Credits

To celebrate the launch, we're giving away $250,000 in Gemini AI credits — including Nano Banana for image generation — plus 1 month of free hosting for published apps. $25 on the free plan, $250 on paid plans.

The credits power AI features in the apps you build — chatbots, image generators, content tools, and more.

See the full offer and claim your credits →

Gemini Credits Offer

Get Started

Try Workshop Cloud — build in your browser, ship in minutes.

Download Workshop Desktop — local files, local models, full control.

And thanks to our partners at Modal and Google Gemini.