Disney sued him, then hired him as CTO within 18 months
tech__unicorn · x · 2026-09-25
Karan Anand went from being targeted by a Fortune 500 legal department (Disney) trying to shut down his company to being hired by Disney to run all of their tech — in under 18 months. techunicorn calls the reversal wild and asks what you would even ask him in an interview.
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