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Filing: Disney agreed to hire 60+ staff from Character.AI and pay them ~$180M over three years, plus $30M for retention awards; a bankruptcy judge must approve (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg : Filing: Disney agreed to hire 60+ staff from Character.AI and pay them ~$180M over three years, plus $30M for retention awards; a bankruptcy judge must approve More than 60 workers at Character.AI are being offered a lifeline from the media giant Soft Landing Layoffs are common in bankr…

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  1. 2026-10-18 03:50 · Techmeme
    Filing: Disney agreed to hire 60+ staff from Character.AI and pay them ~$180M over three years, plus $30M for retention awards; a bankruptcy judge must approve (Bloomberg)

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