Disney has tapped former Character.AI CEO Karandeep Anand as its chief technology officer, a newly created position aimed at modernizing the company's technology and supporting CEO Josh D'Amaro's push to expand Disney's digital content. Anand starts October 2 and will report directly to D'Amaro. In the role, he will oversee enterprise technology, infrastructure, data and AI platforms, product, and engineering, working across Disney's segment technology teams to modernize how the company builds and delivers technology company-wide. D'Amaro said Anand brings a rare mix of experience across infrastructure, consumer technology, and AI, calling him a vital addition to Disney's senior leadership team as the company pursues three priorities: great storytelling as its North Star, technology in service of creativity, and operating as One Disney. Anand will bring with him a number of Character.AI's technical team.
Walt Disney CompanyDisney creates a CTO role and hires Karandeep Anand to modernize its technology, data, AI platforms, and engineering company-wide.
Character.AI loses its CEO and a number of its technical team members to Disney.
