Astronomer Ceo Resigns Following Coldplay Concert Scandal

Andy Byron, nan startup executive astatine nan halfway of an bonzer societal media furor, has resigned arsenic CEO of information operations startup Astronomer. 

Byron, who is married, was captured connected a Coldplay performance “kiss cam” pinch his arms astir nan company’s main group serviceman Kristin Cabot. After Byron and Cabot quickly tried to hide from nan camera, Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin joked, “Either they’re having an matter aliases they’re conscionable very shy.”

Video of nan awkward incident soon went spectacularly viral — Axios, citing Muck Rack data, reported connected Friday that complete nan preceding 24 hours, 22,000 news articles had been published astir nan startup, including 9,000 astir Byron himself. (Amidst nan galore jokes and memes, 404 Media argued that nan incident is “emblematic of our societal media surveillance dystopia.”)

Astronomer, which announced successful May that it had raised a $93 cardinal Series D, said Friday that Byron had been placed connected leave, pinch cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy becoming interim CEO. Cabot has reportedly been placed connected leave arsenic well.

Now, nan institution has released a longer statement announcing that Byron has resigned.

“Our leaders are expected to group nan modular successful some behaviour and accountability, and recently, that modular was not met,” Astronomer said.

“Before this week, we were known arsenic a pioneer successful nan DataOps space, helping information teams powerfulness everything from modern analytics to accumulation AI,” nan institution added. “While consciousness of our institution whitethorn person changed overnight, our merchandise and our activity for our customers person not.”

DeJoy will proceed to service arsenic interim CEO arsenic nan committee searches for a imperishable replacement.