Andy Byron, the chief executive of New York-based tech company Astronomer, has resigned from his role after he was spotted embracing an employee at a Coldplay concert, according to a LinkedIn post from the company on Saturday.

Astronomer CEO Andy Byron has resigned from the company amid an affair with his company's chief people officer at a Coldplay concert. Astronomer, the technology company that faced backlash after its CEO was allegedly caught in an affair at a Coldplay concert, said the CEO has resigned, the company announced Saturday.

Astronomer has broken its silence with its first comment on CEO Andy Byron being accused in a viral Coldplay video scandal. On July 18, the company released its first full statement on the matter. On July 19, the company announced that Byron has resigned. "As stated previously, Astronomer is ...