Watch: Tech CEO caught having 'affair' with employee at Coldplay concert

Kenneth Fox

Footage of a US Tech chief executive and one of his employees at a Coldplay concert has gone viral.

Astronomer's Andy Byron had his arms around human resources chief Kristin Cabot when they flashed up on the big screen during the gig in Boston on Wednesday night.

The video shows Andy diving out of shot, while Kristin covers her face with her hands and turns her back to the crowd. The rest of their colleagues can be seen laughing beside them.

Astronomer is a data infrastructure company that provides tools to help organisations manage and streamline complex data workflows. At its core is Astro, a data orchestration and observability platform powered by the open-source tool Apache Airflow, the website says.

It did not take long for people online to find out where the two work and what positions they held at the company.

Coldplay's lead singer Chris Martin acknowledged the awkward moment when they came up on the screen:

"Oh, look at these two. Alright come on you are OK. Oh what? Either they are having an affair, or they are just very shy."