Karandeep Anand serves as Chief Executive Officer of Character.AI. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer at Brex, where he led the company through its most successful periods, including the scaling of operations as the company reached multi-billion dollar valuation. Anand joined Brex as Vice President of Revenue in 2018 when the company had fewer than 30 employees. Prior to Brex, he led monetization strategy at Facebook (now Meta) for Core Products and Messenger, overseeing multiple billion-dollar business lines. He began his career at Microsoft working on Microsoft Windows and Azure, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo.