University of North Texas 
About
The Texas Talent Accelerator represents a fundamental re-imagining of how higher education and employers could work together in a regional ecosystem to help us anticipate and meet our workforce needs while driving innovation and technological advancement forward."
Mission
To serve as North Texas' regional talent intelligence and action hub, aligning
signals across higher education, employers, and economic development into coordinated
action.
Vision
A North Texas region where workforce intelligence drives coordinated action across
every sector, advancing shared economic opportunity and prosperity across the region.
North Texas is growing faster than its talent pipeline can follow.
The region is on track to become America's third-largest metro area within the decade, projected to surpass 10 million residents, and is already home to 24 Fortune 500 headquarters. It has grown by more than 30% since 2010 alone. That's the kind of growth most regions only dream of - but while the density of higher education and economic momentum needed to lead the state is here, the region's talent ecosystem remains fragmented. Institutions, employers, and economic development efforts too often operate in isolation. No existing entity coordinates a response at the pace the region demands — and no single institution, employer, or organization can close that gap alone.
Founded by the University of North Texas in September 2025, the Texas Talent Accelerator was created to generate actionable data and bring that data into dialogue with cross-sector stakeholders. We're building a growing network of North Texas stakeholders, forming partnerships across the region, and delivering independent labor-market insights triangulating signals across colleges, universities, employers, and economic development partners.
We bring a future-focused strategy to this challenge — convening partners around shared priorities, turning real-time regional signals into coordinated action, and translating labor-market insight into solutions the region can actually use.