A studio of makers , shipping since 2004.

We are 45 designers, engineers and strategists who care more about the work than the deck. Based in Ahmedabad, working everywhere.

Our story

From a 4-person studio to a global team — twenty years of patient craft.

SD Technolabs started in a small Ahmedabad office in 2004 with four developers and one shared printer. Twenty years later we're a 45-person studio with project teams in India, the UK and the US — but we still review every project together on Friday afternoons.

What we believe

Five quiet principles we hold to.

Not a manifesto. Just the things we keep coming back to when the work gets hard.

i

Craft over speed

We'd rather miss a deadline by a day than ship something we'd be embarrassed to show next year.

ii

Honest scope

If a project will take twelve weeks, we don't quote eight. Predictability is a kindness.

iii

Senior-led teams

No hidden juniors learning on your dime. Every project has a lead who's done it before.

iv

Documentation always

Code we wrote ten years ago is still readable because we wrote it for tomorrow's developer.

v

Long client relationships

Half our 2026 revenue is from clients we onboarded before 2020. We don't churn what we earn.

vi

Quiet egos

The work talks. We aim for craft worth bragging about, then we don't brag.

Studio history

Twenty years, briefly.

A short timeline of the projects, hires and bets that shaped how SD Technolabs works today.

2004

Four engineers, one printer

Started as a custom PHP shop in a 200-square-foot office in Satellite, Ahmedabad. First client: a local accountant.

2008

Added the design studio

Brought in our first creative director. Stopped subcontracting design — never looked back.

2012

Opened Leicester office

Two of our engineers relocated to the UK. Time-zone overlap became a real strategic advantage.

2016

Native iOS & Android team

Hired specifically for native mobile. Cross-platform came later, deliberately.

2020

Restructured for remote

Pandemic accelerated what was already coming. Project teams now form across all three offices.

2024

20 years, 500+ projects

Refreshed our brand for the first time since 2010. New name, same studio.

2026

45 people, 12 industries

Still shipping. Still learning. Still reviewing every project together on Friday afternoons.

The team

Senior people, small team.

Just the leadership — the wider team is 45 strong across three offices.

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