Astronomer says the company has launched an investigation but did not explicitly mention the Coldplay concert moment.

"Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy is currently serving as interim CEO given Andy Byron has been placed on leave," a spokesperson for Astronomer told PEOPLE on Friday, July 18. "We will share more details as appropriate in the coming days."

Astronomer's founder has addressed Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot going viral over a controversial Kiss Cam moment at a Coldplay concert

Andy Byron, CEO of data analytics startup Astronomer, allegedly threatened former workers and caused people to quit.

The situation between Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and his co-worker Kristin Cabot has become the talk of the internet in an unexpected turn of events. After being seen on the kiss cam at the Coldplay concert on Wednesday night,

Andy Byron, the CEO of the New York-based tech company Astronomer has gone viral for all the wrong reasons after he appeared to be caught in an intimate moment with a woman who was not his wife at a recent Coldplay concert.