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title: "One year later: the power of 1.1.1.1 interns"
description: "Cloudflare’s internship program, announced a year ago with a goal of 1,111 interns, has hosted 750 interns across 48 teams in nine offices worldwide, including Austin, San Francisco, and London. Interns shipped Cache Transcoding, compressing assets to a third of their on-disk size with Zstandard; CryptoLabe, an internal AI tool for cryptography mapping; and post-quantum visibility in Logpush. AI tools helped interns learn codebases faster and prototype ideas, but managers and mentors remained essential; Iliana measured BGP ORIGIN rewriting on 70% of paths and publicly advocated for removing ORIGIN from route selection. Several Birthday Week launches included intern-authored work, such as Protected Quick Tunnels and native Rust in Workers. The program continues hiring, with many interns returning full-time, aiming to build a new generation of builders."
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# One year later: the power of 1.1.1.1 interns

[Cloudflare](https://yomu.fyi/company/cloudflare) · Judy Cheong · Oct 5, 2026

**Type:** Announcement

## Summary

Cloudflare’s internship program, announced a year ago with a goal of 1,111 interns, has hosted 750 interns across 48 teams in nine offices worldwide, including Austin, San Francisco, and London. Interns shipped Cache Transcoding, compressing assets to a third of their on-disk size with Zstandard; CryptoLabe, an internal AI tool for cryptography mapping; and post-quantum visibility in Logpush. AI tools helped interns learn codebases faster and prototype ideas, but managers and mentors remained essential; Iliana measured BGP ORIGIN rewriting on 70% of paths and publicly advocated for removing ORIGIN from route selection. Several Birthday Week launches included intern-authored work, such as Protected Quick Tunnels and native Rust in Workers. The program continues hiring, with many interns returning full-time, aiming to build a new generation of builders.

## Context

Cloudflare’s internship program, one year after announcing a goal to hire 1,111 interns, reports 750 interns hosted across 48 teams in nine offices, with shipped products including Cache Transcoding, EmDash maintenance, post-quantum security tools, and BGP measurement. Interns used AI to accelerate learning and prototyping, while managers and mentors provided direction. The program continues hiring and many interns are returning full-time.

## Takeaways

- Cloudflare hosted 750 interns across 48 teams in nine offices worldwide in the first year of its 1,111 internship program.
- Interns shipped Cache Transcoding, compressing cached assets to a third of their on-disk size with Zstandard; CryptoLabe to map cryptography; and measured BGP ORIGIN rewriting on 70% of observed paths.
- AI tools accelerated learning and prototyping for interns, but managers and mentors remained essential for setting direction, reviewing decisions, and ensuring standards.

## FAQ

### How many interns has Cloudflare hired so far?

Cloudflare has hosted 750 interns across 48 teams in nine offices worldwide, working toward the goal of 1,111 interns.

### What products did interns ship?

Interns shipped Cache Transcoding (compressing assets to a third of their size with Zstandard), EmDash CMS maintenance, CryptoLabe for cryptography mapping, post-quantum visibility in Logpush, and BGP ORIGIN measurement. They also contributed to Birthday Week launches.

### How did AI affect intern productivity?

AI tools helped interns learn codebases faster, prototype ideas, and automate repetitive work, but managers and mentors remained essential for setting direction and ensuring standards. AI was not a shortcut around learning or accountability.

**Tags:** [AI](https://yomu.fyi/topic/ai), [Hiring](https://yomu.fyi/topic/hiring), [Internship](https://yomu.fyi/topic/internship)

- Source: [Cloudflare](https://blog.cloudflare.com/one-year-later-1111-interns)
- Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/one-year-later-1111-interns
- Ingested by Yomu: 2026-10-05T15:00:06.220Z

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