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Karandeep AnandDisneyas Chief Technology Officer· Sep 18 Bill SteinCrusoeas Independent Director· Sep 17 Thomas SeifertCrusoeas Independent Director and Audit Committee Chair· Sep 17 JB StraubelCrusoeas Independent Director· Sep 17 Brian McCarthyOpenAIas Vice President of Worldwide Sales· Sep 17 Adam SadovskyHarveyas Chief Research Officer· Sep 16 Diogo AlmeidaTypeSafe AIas Chief Executive Officer· Sep 16 Fidji SimoNscaleas Independent Director· Sep 11Karandeep AnandDisneyas Chief Technology Officer· Sep 18 Bill SteinCrusoeas Independent Director· Sep 17 Thomas SeifertCrusoeas Independent Director and Audit Committee Chair· Sep 17 JB StraubelCrusoeas Independent Director· Sep 17 Brian McCarthyOpenAIas Vice President of Worldwide Sales· Sep 17 Adam SadovskyHarveyas Chief Research Officer· Sep 16 Diogo AlmeidaTypeSafe AIas Chief Executive Officer· Sep 16 Fidji SimoNscaleas Independent Director· Sep 11

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Karandeep Anand

Lately: Disney as Chief Technology Officer, from Character.AI.

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Sep 18
Karandeep Anand leaves Character.AI to become Disney's first CTO
Karandeep Anand to Disney, Chief Technology Officer, from Character.AI
Disney taps an AI native to run its tech stack, a year after threatening the startup over copied characters.
hirereportedSep 18, 2026TechCrunch: Disney's first CTO led an AI startup it once accused of copying its characters