Astronomer confirmed it additionally has a humorousness after its CEO and HR chief resigned amid fallout from a kiss-cam second that captured them hugging throughout a Coldplay live performance.
The information infrastructure and operations firm posted a video late Friday of actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who mentioned she was employed on a “very momentary foundation” to talk on behalf of the greater than 300 workers at Astronomer.
“Astronomer has gotten a number of questions over the previous few days, and so they needed me to reply the most typical ones,” she mentioned.
The primary query was proven in textual content on display as, ‘OMG! What the precise f,’ to which Paltrow enthusiastically replied, “Sure, Astronomer is the most effective place to run Apache Airflow unifying the expertise of operating information, ML, and AI pipelines at scale! We’ve been thrilled so many individuals have a newfound curiosity in information workflow automation!”
The opposite frequent query proven on display was, “How is your social media workforce holding,” prompting Paltrow to reply by saying, “Sure, there may be nonetheless room accessible at our Past Analytics occasion in September.”
The video got here on the finish of a tumultuous interval for Astronomer. The once-obscure firm went viral after Coldplay singer Chris Martin, who was beforehand married to Paltrow, noticed the corporate’s Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot hugging throughout a kiss-cam second at a live performance and mentioned they’re “having an affair or they’re simply very shy.”
Byron, who’s married, and Cabot, tried to cover from the cameras. They’ve since resigned from their respective roles as CEO and HR chief.
On Monday, Astronomer’s interim CEO and cofounder, Pete DeJoy, addressed the general public for the primary time since taking up for his scandal-laden predecessor.
“The occasions of the previous few days have acquired a stage of media consideration that few corporations—not to mention startups in our small nook of the information and AI world—ever encounter,” he wrote on LinkedIn. “The highlight has been uncommon and surreal for our workforce and, whereas I’d by no means have wished for it to occur like this, Astronomer is now a family identify.”
In the meantime, Paltrow additionally sought to assist steer the general public away from the scandal in her video for Astronomer on Friday.
“We’ll now be returning to what we do greatest: delivering game-changing outcomes for our clients,” she mentioned cheerfully. “Thanks on your curiosity in Astronomy.”
