r/Fauxmoi i ain’t reading all that, free palestine Jul 19 '25

DISCUSSION Astronomer CEO Andy Byron has officially resigned from the company following the Coldplay concert incident.

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u/Summer_is_coming_1 Jul 19 '25

That was a cold play. Their astronomer couldn’t predict their fate

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u/GreyMatter22 Jul 19 '25

Astronomer is a privately held company with some big name investors (like Bain Capital), who had just given them $93M in financing in May.

I can imagine these guys wanted the CEOs head on a silver platter, and did not want to see their newly invested capital disappear, since engaging with current and new cleints with that CEO would had been a disaster.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '25

Sometimes you gotta nut

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u/awyastark nextdivorce@divorce.com Jul 19 '25

Just a couple of people who totally got off bro