**Disney Hires Its First CTO: Karandeep Anand, Former CEO of AI Chatbot Startup**

> Disney CEO Josh D&\#039;Amaro hired Karandeep Anand, ex-CEO of Character.AI and former Facebook and Microsoft exec, as its first chief technology officer. Home Biz News Sep 18, 2026 8:57am PT Disney Hires Its First CTO: Karandeep Anand, Former CEO of AI Chatbot Start-Up By Todd Spangler Plus Icon Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor xpangler Latest Drunk Shakespeare Theater Producer Sues Amazon, Alleging Prime Video&\#8217;...

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- **来源**：Hacker News：AI 热帖
- **分类**：ai-products
- **发布时间**：2026-09-19 01:30（北京时间）
- **原文**：[打开原文](https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/disney-cto-karandeep-anand-character-ai-1236866528)