PeopleSource dated 18 Sep 2026
Character.AI CEO Karandeep Anand moves to Disney's new CTO role
Disney named Karandeep Anand, most recently CEO of Character.AI, to its newly created CTO position effective October 2. Reporting to CEO Josh D'Amaro, he oversees enterprise technology, infrastructure, data and AI platforms, product and engineering across the company.
At a glance
- Move
- appointment
- From
- Character.AI
- To
- The Walt Disney Company
- Role
- Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
- Announced
- 2026-09-18
- Effective
- 2026-10-02
- Verification
- confirmed