Two people have been brought to the viral limelight by a recent Coldplay concert in Gillette Stadium in Boston that sparked online rumors with a kiss cam encounter. Andy Byron, CEO of Astronomer and Kristin Cabot, the chief HR, were caught on camera sitting very close and hugging each other through the performance.
Busted!
— Mrs. SpaceX ™️ (@anuibi) July 17, 2025
This backfired real quick.
CEO and HR having an affair and were outed during Coldplay‘s concert 👀
Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot from Astronomer 😬😬😬
Wife‘s Facebook has already been found and people commenting on it. pic.twitter.com/RWgYDVMuaV
Upon taking a visit to kiss cam when they were in the stadium, the two seemed to be in each other's arms. There was a lot of gossiping on social media. Matching rapidly crossed social boundaries, with many people wondering how close their relationship was and whether there were actually any professional boundaries in the place of employment. Although Byron and Cabot have remained silent about the video so far, the viral video has brought unforeseen attention to the company leadership.
Kristin Cabot is the Chief People Officer of Astronomer, and she helps to transform the human resource strategy within the context of the fast-growing tech-sphere. She made her step into the position at a time when she speaks of a turning point in the development of the company, when inventions and the growth as a company were done on a fast pace. Since she has a ring on her finger, it is believed that she is married although the status is unconfirmed.
Having worked in various fields across numerous industries, including advertising and operations, Cabot offers a diverse gage to human strategy. Before becoming an Astronomer, she was a strong HR at various well-known tech organizations like Neo4j, Proofpoint, and ObserveIT where she worked on forming cultures and developing talent.
In her LinkedIn overview, she is keen to note that she has established workplace cultures of excellence in performance based on the ground up and is also keen to note that she has a track record of reaching employees at all levels of an organization. One of her primary objectives at Astronomer is to create transparent career growth frameworks that aid in scale.
Cabot observes how the dynamic changes as startups scale up, emphasizing how roles and functions should respectively change between departments, this transition being one that must be deeply synced between business necessities and employee development possibilities.
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