Astronomer cofounder Ry Walker addressed the corporate's CEO, Andy Byron, and Chief Folks Officer, Kristin Cabot, seemingly being caught dishonest by a Kiss Cam at a Coldplay live performance.
“For these asking — I'm not concerned in @astronomerio — sure I used to be co-founder and early CEO — not on the group or board since 2022, and don't have any info on ColdplayGate,” Walker clarified by way of X on Thursday, July 17.
Walker clearly wished to distance himself totally from the controversy, since he additionally confirmed that he doesn't even take heed to Coldplay.
“I've 704 appreciated songs in Spotify — none are Coldplay, however I do suppose Chris Martin is a tremendous vocalist,” he insisted.
When an X follower sarcastically requested Walker to “attest to this jury that you've by no means and can by no means attend a Coldplay live performance underneath any circumstance,” Walker replied: “Undoubtedly :)”
Byron and Cabot went viral for a really unlucky purpose whereas attending Coldplay's present at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, July 16, after they have been flashed on the jumbotron. Byron — who's married to Megan Kerrigan Byron — had his arms round Cabot's waist, earlier than ducking out of sight as his worker tried to cover her face from the digicam.
Ry Walker, Andy Byron, and Kristin Cabot. Courtesy of Ry Walker/X; New York Inventory Alternate/YouTube; Courtesy of Bain Capital Ventures
Footage of the awkward second has generated enormous media consideration, with thousands and thousands of views on social media and commentary from the likes of Chrissy Teigen, Bethenny Frankel and Katie Nolan, amongst others.
Astronomer is a knowledge orchestration and observability platform, which stated in a press launch that its objective is to “empower your group to construct, run and observe information pipelines that simply work, all from one place.”
In a stadium that seats greater than 65,000 folks, it takes some actual unhealthy luck to get caught on the jumbotron with somebody aside from your spouse. However that appears to be precisely what occurred to Astronomer CEO Andy Byron, who attended Coldplay's efficiency at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, July 16. Mid-show, […]
Byron joined Astronomer as CEO in 2023, which implies he could not have crossed over with Walker's time with the corporate. The embattled Byron got here to Astronomer after serving as tech agency Lacework's president from 2019 to 2022.
What makes the jumbotron scandal all of the extra awkward is that Byron personally introduced Cabot's hiring in November 2024. (Cabot joined Astronomer after 4 years as Chief Folks Officer at graph database administration firm Neo4j.)
“At Astronomer, our individuals are essentially the most helpful asset in serving to our prospects do extra to realize a aggressive benefit with their information,” Byron said. “Kristin's distinctive management and deep experience in expertise administration, worker engagement and scaling folks methods might be important as we proceed our fast trajectory. She is a confirmed chief at a number of growth-stage firms and her ardour for fostering various, collaborative workplaces makes her an ideal match for Astronomer.”
Andy Byron Astronomer/YouTube
On the time of her hiring, Cabot stated that she felt “energized” by her conversations with Byron all through the hiring course of.
In the meantime, Byron's spouse has reportedly modified her identify on Fb and scrubbed most of her social media within the wake of her husband's dishonest rumors.
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has but to reply to the live performance clip's viral standing, although he did seemingly understand one thing was off on the time.
Simply after Byron and Cabot tried to cover from the Kiss Cam, Martin joked: “Whoa, take a look at these two. Alright, come on. You're OK! Both they're having an affair or they're simply very shy. I'm not fairly certain what to do.”
He then declared, “Holy s***. I hope we didn't do one thing unhealthy.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Astronomer and to each executives for touch upon the incident.
