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Disney to spend $180M on Character.AI staff over three years, filing shows

Disney expects to spend about $180m over three years on the Character.AI staff it is hiring, a bankruptcy court filing shows. The sum covers pay and retention. Character Technologies, which runs the chatbot platform, filed the papers in Delaware on 13 October. It had sought Chapter 11 protection th…

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  1. 2026-10-19 12:42 · The Next Web
    Disney to spend $180M on Character.AI staff over three years, filing shows

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