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Astronomer's New CEO Addresses the Viral Coldplay 'Kiss Cam' Fiasco: 'Unusual and Surreal for Our Team'

Erin Davis

created: July 21, 2025, 6:21 p.m. | updated: July 22, 2025, 2 p.m.

After former Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and the company's Chief People Officer, Kristin Cabot, were publicly caught on camera in a compromising position together last week, the company's new interim CEO is speaking out. "Before this week, we were known as a pioneer in the DataOps space, helping data teams power everything from modern analytics to production AI," the company wrote. "While awareness of our company may have changed overnight, our product and our work for our customers have not." 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.

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