Disney’s first CTO is Character.AI’s former CEO

Published September 18, 2026 · Category: Tech

Overview

You would think that a multimedia conglomerate as large as Disney would have a few chief technology officers by now, but the company has just appointed someone to the position for the very first time.

Today, Disney announced that Karandeep Anand is joining the company as its new CTO. Anand will report directly to Disney's recently-appointed CEO Josh D'Amaro, and he will head up the company's infrastructure, product, engineering, and data / AI platforms teams. Anand comes to Disney from chatbot startup Character.AI ,where he served as CEO for just over a year and oversaw the company's push into microdramas.

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