Andy Byron has resigned from his big bucks CEO position at AI company Astronomer just days after he was caught canoodling with his head of HR on a jumbotron at a Coldplay concert, setting off a wild internet frenzy.
“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,” the company said in a statement Saturday.
“Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted.”
Byron was placed on leave Thursday and an interim CEO was named.
Byron and Kristin Cabot sparked a near-unprecedented viral storm when they were seen desperately dodging the kiss cam while cuddling at the concert near Boston Wednesday night.
Lead singer Chris Martin, thinking he had caught a tender moment, seemed confused before remarking “Either they’re having an affair or they’re very shy.”
By Thursday morning, the pair were identified as the high powered CEO and his lead HR person.
Astronomer will start searching for its next chief executive while Pete DeJoy continues to serve as interim CEO, the company said.
“Before this week, we were known as a pioneer in the DataOps space, helping data teams power everything from modern analytics to production AI,” their Saturday statement said.
“While awareness of our company may have changed overnight, our product and our work for our customers have not.”
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Byron’s wife, Megan Kerrigan, removed their shared last name from her Facebook profile before deleting it altogether after being inundated with messages about the alleged affair.
Cabot, the now-on-leave HR exec, is also married, and shares two young children with Privateer Rum owner Andrew Cabot.
A man who answered the door at the home of Kerrigan’s mother angrily declined to comment Saturday, but one neighbor who knew the family praised them.
“The Kerrigans are salt of the earth, hardworking people and they don’t deserve to be dragged through the mud,” the neighbor told The Post.
Andy Byron, Megan Kerrigan, Kristin Cabot and her apparent husband Andy could not be reached for comment.
