Astronomer, the tech company that found itself launched into the public eye after its CEO was spotted on a Jumbotron video at a Coldplay concert earlier this week embracing an employee, issued a statement about the matter via LinkedIn.

The Jumbotron Moment Heard ‘round the World blew up at such an incendiary level, on a bustling news day, for many reasons. The clumsy, deeply human way that the CEO and his employee seemed to realize they were suddenly visible, and then struggled to teleport out of sight, is almost objectively funny.

An apology statement attributed to Andy Byron is spreading rapidly online after the Astronomer chief executive was identified as the man seen ducking to hide when the jumbotron camera showed him cuddling a woman during a July 2025 Coldplay concert.