Astronomer, a start-up that sells data-operations software, received a ton of attention on Thursday. But not for its products or technology.
At Coldplay’s concert Wednesday night in Foxborough, Massachusetts, a crowd-cam zoomed in on a couple who were in an embrace. The duo were identified on social media as Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and HR chief Kristin Cabot. A TikTok video of from the concert has amassed more than 34 million views since it was uploaded late Wednesday night.
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin noticed the couple on the big screen, as the man ducked out of the camera’s view and the woman hid her face. Martin quipped, “Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”
Coldplay accidentally exposed an alleged affair between Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and his colleague Kristin Cabot at one of their recent concerts. pic.twitter.com/hsJHV2u5UM
— Pop Base (@PopBase) July 17, 2025
Reps for New York-based Astronomer did not respond to requests for comment.
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Internet users reacted to the viral video by posting an array of memes, jokes — and outright misinformation.
One post on X, which purportedly included a statement from Astronomy’s CEO apologizing to “my family, my wife and our wonderful employees,” had been viewed 3.5 million times. (The “apology” post is fake.)
Meanwhile, a fake post attributed to Coldplay’s account also was widely shared. The fake post read: “Starting with our next show, we’re introducing camera-free audience sections for people and their sidepieces.”
Other social media users shared pop-culture mems riffing on the incident:
According to the company, “Astronomer empowers data teams to bring mission-critical software, analytics, and AI to life and is the company behind Astro, the industry-leading unified DataOps platform powered by Apache Airflow… Trusted by more than 700 of the world’s leading enterprises, Astronomer lets businesses do more with their data.”
From Variety US