10 best Astronomer CEO Andy Byron memes that nailed the ‘caught in 4k’ energy

Andy Byron stepped in it this time. The guy is (well, was) the CEO of Astronomer—a big data analytics startup, and now he is in the middle of a major controversy after a "kiss cam" moment at a Coldplay concert in Boston. Whaat happened was that stadium cameras swooped in, and Andy was spotted getting cozy with Kristin Cabot (she’s the Chief People Officer at his company), and their embrace pops up on the jumbotron for the whole arena, and Chris Martin even cracks a comment. Martin quipped:

"Either they're having an affair or they're just very shy."

Of course, someone’s phone was rolling, and the whole thing blew up online. Memes everywhere, wild speculation, millions of views, because Byron is married to someone else.

So, once that video went viral, the Astronomer faced mounting scrutiny. People everywhere, inside and outside the company, had something to say. The Astronomer Board of Directors kicked off an official investigation into not just the video, but also whatever was going on between Byron and Cabot.

Now, both Byron and Cabot have been placed on leave while they dig into it.

Meanwhile, Pete DeJoy, co-founder of Astronomer and Chief Product Officer, was named interim CEO. The board is being cryptic, promising more info “soon”, the company said in a statement on X.

Also, the company clarified that any statements about the incident attributed to Byron circulating online were fake. Neither Byron nor Cabot has said a word about what happened. And that whole thing about a mystery third employee in the video is also fake.

Now, the internet did its thing, and memes exploded everywhere after that public hug. Here’s a rundown of 10 absolute gems featuring the Astronomer CEO and HR, all of them hilarious, some borderline unhinged.

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Best Astronomer CEO memes

Now, HR will act like every Coldplay tour date is a code red. Seriously, the next time the band rolls into town, they may as well slap it on the company calendar under “possible employee chaos.”

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The way things have shifted in Corporate America. This sort of thing used to land in the holiday slideshow, now it has its own risk assessment folder. Thanks Astronomer.

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We just know that no one brought notebooks. Everyone brought popcorn.

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Me, spilling all the company secrets to ChatGPT, just to get a bland, four-line email ending with ‘Hope this helps!’

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The CEO’s making intense eye contact with HR, HR’s throwing side-eye at Coldplay, and Coldplay’s just over there, praying they can get through ‘Fix You’ without accidentally starting a full-blown corporate crisis.

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If you hit rewind on the whole scandal, it’s just the CEO fumbling with his shoelaces, tripping right into HR’s arms while Coldplay’s ‘The Scientist’ plays in the background. It’s almost romantic if you squint.

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Everyone’s got their poker face on, but you know the group chat is blowing up in full-on CAPS LOCK meltdown.

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The Office walked so Astronomer could trend for all the wrong reasons.

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That coworker who’s the office’s own TMZ, clocking every bit of drama, popcorn in hand, grinning like they get paid just to watch chaos unfold.

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They spent months gossiping over coffee, and now they are strutting around like they’ve cracked the Da Vinci Code.

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Just a few months before everything hit the fan, Astronomer snagged a whopping $93 million in funding with Bain Ventures at the front of the line, followed by Salesforce Ventures. Right around the same time, they packed up and ditched Ohio for a new HQ in New York.

The company builds open-source data ops platforms, and they hit “unicorn” status back in 2022.