Disney Names AI Executive as First-Ever Chief Technology Officer — Live Feedhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/disney-names-ai-executive-as-first-ever-chief-technology-officerContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. Disney Appoints Karandeep Anand as First-Ever Chief Technology Officerhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/disney-names-ai-executive-as-first-ever-chief-technology-officerhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/disney-names-ai-executive-as-first-ever-chief-technology-officer#u79144Mon, 21 Sep 2026 20:56:36 +0000The Walt Disney Company has created the role of Chief Technology Officer and appointed Karandeep Anand to lead the position. Anand, the former CEO of AI chatbot startup Character.AI, will oversee Disney's technology, data, and AI agenda. He is scheduled to begin his tenure on October 2. This appointment marks the first time the media giant has utilized a CTO to drive its enterprise technology and AI platform expansion.Why it mattersDisney is aggressively expanding its technology push to integrate AI across its entertainment ecosystem. This move follows a period of tension between the comp