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Disney names Character.AI's chief executive as its first CTO

September 18, 2026, 17:45 UTC · Los Angeles, United States · Americas · no longer in the live window

Disney has named Karandeep Anand, until now the chief executive of Character.AI, to the newly created role of chief technology officer for the whole company.

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