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.
Apply
Apply to Build Teams through our website, no experience required!
Brainstorm
Choose a case you’re passionate about, and brainstorm problem areas with your diverse team
Build
Work together with your team and Build Team leads to develop the skills needed to build out your big idea
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.
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
Build
Meet your pod (company founder(s), technical product manager, engineers, designers) and plan out goals and deliverables for the semester
Network
Take advantage of Convergent’s network of resources to gain access to new skills and new opportunities for funding and growth
Demo
Show off your work and progress at our end-of-semester Demo Day pitch
What you can do
Convergent brings together multidisciplinary talent around UT to build exciting technology that changes lives.
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.
See what Convergent's already built.
Recent Photos
Sound interesting?
You should apply to our program.