Location: Illinois, IL
Company: Proofpoint
**About Us:** Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity. We protect how people, data, and AI agents connect across email, cloud, and collaboration tools. Over 80 of the Fortune 100, 10,000 large enterprises, and millions of smaller organizations trust Proofpoint to stop threats, prevent data loss, and build resilience across their people and AI workflows. Our mission is simple: safeguard the digital world and empower people to work securely and confidently. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people. **How We Work:** At Proofpoint you’ll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity guided by our BRAVE core values: **Bold** in how we dream and innovate **Responsive** to feedback, challenges and opportunities **Accountable** for results and best in class outcomes **Visionary** in future focused problem-solving **Exceptional** in execution and impact # **About the role** We are looking for a highly motivated AI Engineer Intern to join us for a 10-week internship focused on building and evolving a multi-agent AI research platform. This tool aims to provide a rich, structured discovery layer of the AI ecosystem—covering domains, plugins, web extensions, assistants, models, and emerging tools. You will work at the intersection of AI research, agent systems, and product development, contributing to a system that maps and makes sense of the rapidly evolving AI landscape. # **Key Responsibilities** - Contribute to the design and development of a multi-agent AI system for automated discovery and analysis - Research and categorize AI tools, models, frameworks, and ecosystems - Build pipelines for data collection, enrichment, and structuring (APIs, scraping, embeddings, etc.) - Experiment with LLMs, agents, and tool-use frameworks to automate research workflows - Evaluate and iterate on agent performance, reasoning, and output quality - Stay on top of the latest trends in AI and integrate relevant innovation
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