# Disney to Hire Most of Character.AI's Workforce After Chatbot Startup Files for Bankruptcy

*2026-10-25 19:00 UTC · Technology · 1 min read*

> Disney will offer jobs to at least 60 Character.AI employees, days after the chatbot startup filed for bankruptcy.

Disney has agreed to make job offers to at least 60 employees of Character.AI, the majority of the chatbot startup's workforce, according to a legal filing spotted by Bloomberg. The offers follow Character.AI's bankruptcy filing earlier this week. Disney had already agreed to acquire some of the company's assets for $20 million, and former Character.AI CEO Karandeep Anand recently became Disney's first CTO.

The offers carry an estimated $60 million in annual compensation, and the filing says the "vast majority" of employees who received them accepted. The deal is a stalking horse bid, so another company could still come in with a higher offer.

The filing says that despite a "large and engaged user base," Character.AI was hurt by high costs and potential litigation and regulatory liabilities. It faces a lawsuit from the mother of a 14-year-old who died by suicide after becoming obsessed with one of its chatbots, as well as government investigations into child safety.

## Sources

- [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/18/disney-agrees-to-hire-the-majority-of-character-ais-workforce/)

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