{
  "id": 8278352,
  "title": "Disney has a new tech chief — read the memo from CEO Josh D'Amaro",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/disney-has-a-new-tech-chief-read-the-memo-from-ceo-josh-damaro",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-18T17:19:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-new-tech-chief-read-memo-ceo-josh-damaro-2026-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Disney has appointed Karandeep Anand as its first Chief Technology Officer and Senior EVP. The hiring follows a recent leadership reshuffle under CEO Josh D Amaro. Anand joins from AI startup Character.AI, a company with which Disney ceased operations last year due to concerns over the use of copyrighted characters in AI-generated videos. Anand's background includes six and a half years at Facebook and over 15 years at Microsoft, followed by leading Character.AI to exponential growth. He will oversee enterprise technology, infrastructure, data and AI platforms, product, and engineering teams at Disney. D Amaro praised Anand's ability to connect technology with creativity, aligning with Disney's \"One Disney\" initiative.",
  "summary": "Disney has hired its first tech chief from an AI company it was beefing with last year. Read CEO Josh D'Amaro's full memo to employees.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}