The new interim CEO of Astronomer broke his silence on the Coldplay “kiss cam” scandal — and gushed that the small, New York-based AI firm is now a “household name.”
Brooklynite Pete DeJoy, the company’s co-founder, took the reins at Astronomer over the weekend after its disgraced boss Andy Byron resigned after being caught on the kiss cam cozying up with Kristin Cabot, the company’s head of HR.
“The spotlight has been unusual and surreal for our team and, while I would never have wished for it to happen like this, Astronomer is now a household name,” DeJoy said in a LinkedIn post on Monday.
Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and head of HR Kristin Cabot caught on the kiss cam. Grace Springer via Storyful Astronomer interim CEO Pete Dejoy broke his silence after the Coldplay scandal that rocked the company. LinkedIn / Pete DeJoy
“The events of the past few