Disney appointed Karandeep Anand, former CEO of AI chatbot startup Character.AI, as its first chief technology officer, reporting to CEO Josh D'Amaro. Anand, who previously held leadership roles at Meta, Brex, and Microsoft, will oversee enterprise technology, infrastructure, data, and AI platforms across Disney's segments. The hire reflects D'Amaro's push to position Disney as a tech-forward company and strengthen fan engagement through digital platforms.
Disney appointed Karandeep Anand, formerly CEO of Character.AI, as its first chief technology officer, effective October 2. The newly created role reports to CEO Josh D'Amaro and will oversee enterprise technology, infrastructure, data, AI platforms, and engineering as Disney accelerates its technology modernization and streaming expansion strategy.