One year later: the power of 1.1.1.1 interns

Cloudflare reports progress toward its goal of hiring up to 1,111 interns in 2026, having hosted 750 internships across 48 teams and nine global offices while continuing recruitment. The company argues that AI tools can help early-career employees learn unfamiliar systems, prototype solutions, and automate routine work more quickly, while managers and mentors retain responsibility for direction, review, and quality. Interns contributed across engineering, product management, audit, customer support, and people operations, delivering projects such as cache compression technology, improvements to the EmDash content management system, post-quantum cryptography visibility tools, AI-assisted compliance workflows, and research on Internet routing practices. Several intern contributions were included in Cloudflare Birthday Week launches, and the program also emphasized community-building, executive access, and mentorship. Cloudflare plans to expand the initiative, study how interns work effectively with AI, and convert many participants into full-time employees.

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