By Jay Fitzgerald – A blog about Boston, Hub of the Universe, and everything else.


‘On the plus side, we’ve all heard of Astronomer now’

That’s indeed a plus, I guess. But there are more than 375,000,000 reasons why it’s not a plus – and why Andy Byron’s days are probably numbered as CEO of Astronomer after his Coldplay Kiss Cam cameo at Gillette Stadium the other night. The WSJ has more on the NYC tech company and its VC backers (including Bain Capital) who can’t be none too happy about the attention the CEO has drawn to Astronomer, which is now investigating the Jumbotron incident, as the Globe and Herald report. … In its typically brutal fashion, the NY Post is dissecting the shattered personal lives of Byron and his HR gal pal. …

Btw: In a statement at LinkedIn,  Astronomer says Byron did not release a statement apologizing for his actions, as many media outlets (and the intrepid Hub Blog newsletter) reported yesterday.

Update — 7.20.25 — From CNBC: “Astronomer CEO Andy Byron resigns after viral Coldplay ‘kiss cam’ controvers.”

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