Astronomer, a provider of open-source technologies that was hardly known until this week, said on Friday that CEO Andy Byron has been placed on leave after he was shown on video at a Coldplay concert in an intimate embrace with the company’s head of human relations.
The company said in an emailed statement that co-founder and product chief Pete DeJoy is serving as interim CEO.
“We will share more details as appropriate in the coming days,” the company said.
Astronomer said earlier in the day in a post on X that it had launched a “formal investigation into this matter” and would soon have more to share.
