Texas Convergent

Enabling innovation at the intersection of technology, business, and design.

How Convergent Works

Choose between our build team and forge programs.

Build Teams

Build Teams are a guided, immersive experience through building a tech product that solves a wicked tech problem.

1

Apply

Apply to Build Teams through our website, no experience required!

2

Brainstorm

Choose a case you’re passionate about, and brainstorm problem areas with your diverse team

3

Build

Work together with your team and Build Team leads to develop the skills needed to build out your big idea

4

Demo

Showcase your hard work in our semesterly Demo Day, where you’ll enter into a friendly competition with other Build Team projects

Forge

Forge is our in-house accelerator for startups and nonprofits - where clients can be matched with product managers and engineers to help level up their idea.

1

Apply

Complete our company application if you are a startup or nonprofit, or complete our Engineer/Designer application if you want to work within a startup

2

Build

Meet your pod (company founder(s), technical product manager, engineers, designers) and plan out goals and deliverables for the semester

3

Network

Take advantage of Convergent’s network of resources to gain access to new skills and new opportunities for funding and growth

4

Demo

Show off your work and progress at our end-of-semester Demo Day pitch

Learn new skills

Learn core skills that won't be taught in the classroom or that may be outside of your major.

Building Web & Mobile Apps

Doing Market Research

Pitching Products

Applying AI & ML

Iterative Product Design

Data Modeling & Analysis

Convergent provides the foundation for your future career

Build the skills necessary to be competitive in tech. Here's where a few of our past members have gone.

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See what Convergent's already built.

StepCity

StepCity is a fitness app that translates your daily steps into a currency in our game which can be used to redeem buildings to design your personalized city. Compete with friends to decide once and for all who is the most creative fitness enthusiast!

Moodify

Moodify is a web application that creates mood-based playlists of your favorite songs. The application sifts through your existing playlists, searches for the songs that are the most indicative of a certain mood, and puts them together into a personalized mood playlist.

SURE Walk

SURE Walk is a popular ride service focused on UT student safety. It utilizes past user and ride data to ensure optimal routes and a streamlined process.

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Sound interesting?

You should apply to our program.