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Published Jul 19, 2025 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 Last updated 13\u00a0hours ago \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 4 minute read<\/p>\n
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Or sign-in<\/a> if you have an account.<\/p>\n Astronomer says Andy Byron has resigned as CEO of the company after he was caught cuddling with the company\u2019s HR head at a Coldplay concert earlier this week.<\/p>\n Advertisement 2<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY<\/p>\n Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES<\/p>\n Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n REGISTER \/ SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES<\/p>\n Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.<\/p>\n THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK.<\/p>\n Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n In a post on X<\/a> and LinkedIn<\/a> on Saturday afternoon, the New York-based company said Byron had \u201ctendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n The company said co-founder and product chief Pete DeJoy is serving as interim CEO.<\/p>\n As stated previously, Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met.<\/p>\n Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/aTTUhnnyVz<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Astronomer (@astronomerio) July 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Advertisement 3<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n News of Byron\u2019s resignation comes a day after he was put on leave by the company.<\/p>\n In a\u00a0post on X<\/a>\u00a0and LinkedIn<\/a> on Friday, Astronomer said it was launching a \u201cformal investigation into this matter\u201d after Byron, who is married, was shown on a video screen embracing his company\u2019s chief people officer Kristin Cabot, who is also married.<\/p>\n \u201cOur leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n The tech company\u2019s statement also addressed a phony apology that had been attributed to Byron that had circulated widely across social media saying that the CEO \u201chas not put out any statement.\u201d<\/p>\n The fake statement drew ire from netizens after the bogus Byron called it \u201ctroubling\u201d that Coldplay had shown him on the screen \u201cwithout my consent.\u201d<\/p>\n Your Midday Sun<\/p>\n Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Advertisement 4<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Astronomer also denied that another person present in the video was Alyssa Stoddard, who works for Cabot.<\/p>\n \u201cAlyssa Stoddard was not at the event and no other employees were in the video,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n Cabot has also been put on leave, according to Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n Byron and Cabot went viral this week after they were caught canoodling on a \u201ckiss cam\u201d midway through Coldplay\u2019s show outside of Boston.<\/p>\n As faces in the sold-out crowd were shown on giant video boards inside Gillette Stadium, the band\u2019s singer, Chris Martin, seemed taken with Byron and Cabot when the snuggling couple popped up on the screen.<\/p>\n \u201cOhhh look at these two!\u201d Martin said playfully, as the pair embraced one another. But as soon as they were shown, the grey-haired Byron dove out of view quickly, while the blond Cabot shielded her face and turned away. \u201cAlright, c\u2019mon. You\u2019re OK,\u201d the frontman continued as they tried to hide themselves.<\/p>\n Advertisement 5<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n \u201cOh oh, what?\u201d Martin said, when he realized they were desperately trying not to be shown. \u201cEither they\u2019re having an affair or they\u2019re just very shy. I\u2019m not quite sure \u2026 I hope we didn\u2019t do something bad.\u201d<\/p>\n Martin, 48, later made a lighthearted joke about the gaffe when a different man and woman were shown on the screen.<\/p>\n \u201cOK, listen, are you two a couple? Are you two a legitimate couple?\u201d he quipped.<\/p>\n Advertisement 6<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n After racking up millions of views on TikTok and X, social media users became convinced the Byron and Cabot were cheating on their significant others, and it didn\u2019t take long before several Internet sleuths claimed to have identified the companions.<\/p>\n \u201cI think somebody got caught cheating at a Coldplay concert,\u201d one person wrote on X, while another added, \u201cHaving your affair go viral & public at a f***ing\u00a0Coldplay\u00a0concert is so f***ing funny to me.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement 7<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n X user\u00a0Mrs. SpaceX<\/a>\u00a0shared photos from the duo\u2019s purported LinkedIn pages with claims that they worked for the same company.<\/p>\n Soon after, the U.S.\u00a0Sun<\/a>\u00a0identified the partners as\u00a0Byron<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Cabot<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 the CEO and HR head, respectively, of Astronomer, a software development company.<\/p>\n On Cabot\u2019s LinkedIn page, she boasts that she builds\u00a0\u201ctrust with employees of all levels, from CEOs to managers to assistants,\u201d while Byron is described by one endorser as \u201ca highly inspirational, motivational and experienced sales professional.\u201d<\/p>\n Grace Springer, who uploaded the original clip of Byron and Cabot to TikTok<\/a>, where it has accumulated more than 91 million views, told the\u00a0U.S. Sun<\/a> she \u201chad no idea who the couple was\u201d and posted the exchange because she thought she \u201ccaught an interesting reaction to the kiss cam and decided to post it.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement 8<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Springer admitted to having some guilt for exposing Byron and Cabot, but said in the end the embarrassment the two are now facing is of their own making.<\/p>\n \u201cA part of me feels bad for turning these people\u2019s lives upside down, but, play stupid games \u2026 win stupid prizes,\u201d she said. \u201cI hope their partners can heal from this and get a second chance at the happiness they deserve with their\u00a0future\u00a0still in front of them. I hope, for them, my video was a blessing in disguise.\u201d<\/p>\n In a follow-up TikTok, Springer said she pulled out her phone hoping to capture herself on the video screen. \u201cIt was Andy instead. So, yeah,\u201d she said, apologizing to Martin \u201cfor the drama.\u201d<\/p>\n With seemingly no end to their public embarrassment, footage obtained by TMZ<\/a> on Friday showed Byron and Cabot locking lips as the band played Yellow.<\/p>\n Advertisement 9<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Advertisement 10<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Fans have now rallied around Byron\u2019s jilted wife, Megan Kerrigan Byron, after online detectives revealed her identity.<\/p>\n \u201cAndy Byron\u2018s wife has now dropped her married name on Facebook and left comments open on her Facebook!\u201d Mrs. SpaceX wrote.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, with Byron\u2019s marriage apparently in shambles, a former colleague called him a \u201ctoxic\u201d leader and said that other people they had worked with are \u201claughing their ass off\u201d at his public humiliation.<\/p>\n \u201cThe text groups and chains of former employees are like \u2026 everybody\u2019s laughing their ass off and enjoying the hell out of what happened and him getting exposed,\u201d the source told the\u00a0New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n mdaniell@postmedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n Read More<\/p>\n Coldplay\u2019s Chris Martin denies insulting Toronto’s ‘weird’ Rogers Stadium<\/p>\n <\/a><\/li>\n Coldplay fan issues brutal response after exposing CEO\u2019s \u2018affair\u2019<\/p>\n <\/a><\/li>\n Did Chris Martin catch a cheating couple at a Coldplay show? 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