A tech company whose boss was filmed hugging a colleague at a Coldplay concert has said a purported statement from him expressing remorse is fake.

After a video went viral that allegedly shows an affair between Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot, the company has released a statement on the matter. The alleged affair between Byron and Cabot was caught on the kiss cam at a Coldplay concert recently and has set off

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,

Coldplay concert footage showed the Astronomer CEO hugging Kristin Cabot, his company's chief people officer, from behind on Wednesday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Astronomer is a private data infrastructure startup that achieved "unicorn" status in 2022 with a $1 billion or more valuation.

Kristin Cabot, the HR executive caught canoodling with Astronomer CEO Andy Byron at a Coldplay concert, is married to the CEO of a different company — and bought a house with him less than