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Kristin was seen in an unexpected Jumbotron moment at a Coldplay concert in the arms of her boss, Astronomer CEO Andy Byron, in July 2025.
Astronomer has taken action following public and internal scrutiny after a video surfaced showing CEO Andy Byron and Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot together at a Coldplay concert. Both executives have now been placed on leave,
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Worcester Telegram on MSNAstronomer CEO and Coldplay fan Andy Byron has Central Mass. tie; company opens internal investigationDuring the Coldplay show at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough on Wednesday, the stadium's large video board appeared to show the two in an embrace. When they appeared shocked by being in the spotlight, ducking the camera, Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin quipped, "...they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy."
The businessman was thrown into the spotlight after being caught holding a colleague in a seemingly romantic embrace at a July 2025 Coldplay concert. Learn about Andy here.
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Silicon Valley on MSNAstronomer CEO, HR chief face ‘professional downfall’ over Coldplay scandal: reportThe ‘kiss cam’ scandal involving co-executives Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot is complicated by the fact that she’s in charge of their tech company’s human resources
In a sign of the times, you can now bet on whether tech honcho Andy Byron, now famous for all the wrong reasons, will step down from his post as CEO of Astronomer, a private data infrastructure company worth more than $1 billion, before the end of the month.
The situation between Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and his co-worker Kristin Cabot has become the talk of the internet in an unexpected turn of events. After being seen on the kiss cam at the Coldplay concert on Wednesday night,
Andy Byron, the CEO of the New York-based tech company Astronomer has gone viral for all the wrong reasons after he appeared to be caught in an intimate moment with a woman who was not his wife at a recent Coldplay concert.