\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAstronomer, the tech company that found itself launched into the public eye after its CEO was spotted on a Jumbotron video at a Coldplay concert earlier this week embracing an employee, issued a statement about the matter via LinkedIn.\u201cOur leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability,\u201d the statement said in part, adding that the company\u2019s board of directors \u201chas initiated a formal investigation into this matter and we will have additional details to share very shortly.\u201dThe statement also addressed incorrect information circulating on the internet in the day following the video\u2019s release, including a misidentification of a third person seen in the clip, and a parody X account that falsely claimed to have a statement from the CEO.Andy Byron, the chief executive officer of New York-based Astronomer, was spotted on a Jumbotron screen at a Coldplay concert at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts on Wednesday, embracing Kristin Cabot, the company\u2019s chief people officer, who oversees the organization\u2019s human resources.Coldplay was performing \u201cThe Jumbotron Song\u201d when the camera turned to a man and woman cuddling as they watched the stage. The two quickly separated and attempted to hide their faces, with the man ducking down, when they noticed they were on a giant screen at the venue.\u201cWhoa, look at these two,\u201d Coldplay frontman Chris Martin quipped. \u201cEither they\u2019re having an affair or they\u2019re just very shy.\u201dCNN has reached out to a representative for Coldplay for comment.The video quickly went viral and internet sleuths were the first to identify Byron and Cabot. Social media has been so invested that there are now a slew of memes and comedic videos poking fun at the incident.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Astronomer, the tech company that found itself launched into the public eye after its CEO was spotted on a Jumbotron video at a Coldplay concert<\/a> earlier this week embracing an employee, issued a statement about the matter via LinkedIn.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cOur leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability,\u201d the statement said in part, adding that the company\u2019s board of directors \u201chas initiated a formal investigation into this matter and we will have additional details to share very shortly.\u201d<\/p>\n The statement also addressed incorrect information circulating on the internet in the day following the video\u2019s release, including a misidentification of a third person seen in the clip, and a parody X account that falsely claimed to have a statement from the CEO.<\/p>\n Andy Byron, the chief executive officer of New York-based Astronomer, was spotted on a Jumbotron screen at a Coldplay concert at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts on Wednesday, embracing Kristin Cabot, the company\u2019s chief people officer, who oversees the organization\u2019s human resources.<\/p>\n Coldplay was performing \u201cThe Jumbotron Song\u201d when the camera turned to a man and woman cuddling as they watched the stage. The two quickly separated and attempted to hide their faces, with the man ducking down, when they noticed they were on a giant screen at the venue.<\/p>\n \u201cWhoa, look at these two,\u201d Coldplay frontman Chris Martin quipped. \u201cEither they\u2019re having an affair or they\u2019re just very shy.\u201d<\/p>\n CNN has reached out to a representative for Coldplay for comment.<\/p>\n The video quickly went viral and internet sleuths were the first to identify Byron and Cabot. Social media has been so invested that there are now a slew of memes and comedic videos poking fun at the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Astronomer, the tech company that found itself launched into the public eye after its CEO was spotted on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[15785,16866,11637,16928,18513,174,6270,18510,15787,6135,18512,79,193,16329,18509,18511,6601],"class_list":["post-20327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-andy-byron","tag-astronomer-ceo","tag-chief-executive-officer","tag-coldplay-concert","tag-cpo","tag-internet","tag-investigation","tag-jumbotron-video","tag-kristin-cabot","tag-man","tag-matter","tag-science","tag-space","tag-statement","tag-tech-company","tag-viral-coldplay-jumbotron-incident","tag-wednesday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}