Astronomer CEO Andy Byron resigned after a video of him with the company's Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot on a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert went viral, prompting an internal probe

A tech company whose boss was filmed hugging a colleague at a Coldplay concert has said a purported statement from him expressing remorse is fake.

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.