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Disney made Character.AI’s former CEO its first chief technology officer
Karandeep Anand starts on October 2, reporting directly to CEO Josh D’Amaro, responsible for enterprise technology, infrastructure, data and AI platforms, product and engineering. His background runs through Brex, Meta and fifteen years at Microsoft. Notably, about a year ago Disney accused Character.AI of blatantly infringing its copyrights and sent a cease-and-desist demanding its characters be removed. Several people from Anand’s technical team at Character.AI are expected to follow him to Disney.
Sources
- The Walt Disney Company, “The Walt Disney Company Names Karandeep Anand to Newly Created Role of Chief Technology Officer”, (thewaltdisneycompany.com)
- Axios, “Scoop: Disney sends cease and desist letter to Character.AI”, (axios.com)
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This story in Turkish: Disney, Character.AI’ın eski CEO’sunu ilk teknoloji direktörü yaptı
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