San Francisco, California, United States, June 2025 — Karandeep Anand has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Character.AI, stepping into the top leadership role after serving as Board Advisor to the company for the past seven months. His appointment signifies a major milestone in Character.AI’s journey as it enters a new phase of growth, innovation, and global scale in the generative AI ecosystem.
A seasoned tech leader with nearly two decades of experience, Karandeep has built a formidable track record across leading technology firms. Most recently, he served as President and Chief Product Officer at Brex, where he was instrumental in scaling product innovation and business growth. Prior to that, he held several senior leadership roles at Meta (formerly Facebook), including Vice President of Business Products and Head of Workplace, overseeing platforms that impacted billions of users and millions of businesses worldwide.
Before Meta, Karandeep spent over 15 years at Microsoft, where he led product management and platform development for Microsoft Azure, playing a key role in the cloud platform’s exponential growth. His work included shaping user experiences, scaling cloud services, building global payment systems, and fostering strategic ecosystem partnerships.
At Character.AI, Karandeep will lead the organization into its next chapter—focusing on platform expansion, product innovation, and monetization strategies that position the company as a front-runner in AI-powered conversational technology. His deep expertise in enterprise growth, product-market alignment, and AI platform development makes him a pivotal choice for this role.
Founded in 2021 by Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, Character.AI has quickly emerged as a leader in the AI-driven consumer platform space. With Karandeep at the helm, the company aims to further accelerate its mission of delivering engaging, intelligent personal AI experiences at global scale.
Character.AI
Character.AI is a cutting-edge AI company revolutionizing human-computer interaction through its full-stack, direct-to-consumer platform. Headquartered in the United States and founded by AI luminaries Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, Character.AI enables users to create and converse with hyper-realistic AI personalities. As a pioneer in the generative AI space, the company continues to push the boundaries of personalized AI engagement and conversational intelligence.
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