Since 2023, SATIEE has grown from a PhD at the University of Bath into a platform that helps employers make reasonable adjustments work.
2023
Funded by Made Smarter (opens in a new tab), the Centre for People-Led Digitalisation (opens in a new tab) at the University of Bath commissions a PhD (opens in a new tab) by Matthew Punter on how digital technology can support neurodivergent people at work. The research becomes the foundation of SATIEE.
Matthew joins START (opens in a new tab), a programme for new tech businesses, to turn the findings of his PhD into a company. START recognises the commercial need for a digital system that helps employers support a diverse workforce with diverse needs, at scale.
2024
With only 11 bursaries (opens in a new tab) for START's 120 business ideas, Matthew pitches a new way of making reasonable adjustments and wins a place at the SETsquared Bath incubator, where the business takes shape.
Weeks later, EDEN is registered as a company under the name Employment Devices for Enhancing Neurodiversity.
EDEN wins £8,000 from UnLtd's Funding Futures Programme (opens in a new tab). The funding lets the team map the pain points of employees, managers and HR, to design idiosyncratic features that bring each group relief.
Winning UnLtd's award quickly brings media coverage from BBC News, BBC Radio Leicester and the University of Bath's website (see our media page), connecting EDEN with the community it serves.
2025
Working largely as volunteers, the team turns the research into a Sustainable Approach To Inclusive Employment Efficiency. They build it into a working platform and name it after the approach's initials: SATIEE.
2026
Through the University of Bath's Entrepreneurship Programme (opens in a new tab), Matthew pitches at the Bath Enterprise Dragons' Den (opens in a new tab) and wins £2,500.
Choosing simplicity over complexity, EDEN brings the company and its product under one name, and SATIEE Ltd is registered. The founder, team and mission stay the same.
Matthew wins the University of Bath's Alumni Innovation Award (opens in a new tab), which brings a second scholarship at SETsquared Bath and lets him lead SATIEE full time.
SATIEE features in All Kinds of Minds (opens in a new tab) on BBC Radio 4, in episodes on growing up neurodivergent and on adulthood (see our media page). Taking part shows that SATIEE has always been, and always will be, deeply connected to its community.
2026
SATIEE begins its first pilots with employers, taking research that started in 2023 into real workplaces. Employees, managers and HR now shape the platform as it grows. The next chapter is still being written, so book a meeting (opens in a new tab) and join the journey.
