Andy Byron, the CEO of Astronomer, who also was caught on the Coldplay kiss cam earlier this week, has now resigned, according to a statement from the data infrastructure company.

During Coldplay’s Wednesday night concert in Boston, a jumbotron caught the CEO with his arms around his top human resources executive, Kristin Cabot, in a kiss-cam segment. When the camera panned to them, Byron ducked down, and Cabot turned around, trying to hide her face. Both Byron and Cabot are married to other people. When the incident happened, Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin jokingly said, “Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”

Astronomer has released a statement that Byron is stepping down and is searching for a replacement. “Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met. Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted. The Board will begin a search for our next Chief Executive as Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy continues to serve as interim CEO.”

The statement continues, “Before this week, we were known as a pioneer in the DataOps space, helping data teams power everything from modern analytics to production AI. While awareness of our company may have changed overnight, our product and our work for our customers have not. We’re continuing to do what we do best: helping our customers with their toughest data and AI problems.”

The moment has dominated social media with memes and jokes of them being exposed at the concert. Coldplay has yet to release a statement regarding the situation.

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