Company at heart of Coldplay viral video releases tongue-in-cheek clip - with a big twist

The institution astatine the centre of a viral video astatine a Coldplay performance has released a tongue-in-cheek clip connected societal media - featuring Gwyneth Paltrow arsenic a "temporary spokesperson".

Astronomer was thrust into the spotlight aft 2 of the tech firm's elder executives were filmed embracing connected a buss cam during a gig successful Boston.

Andy Byron subsequently resigned arsenic main enforcement serviceman - portion the pistillate successful the video, Kristin Cabot, stepped down arsenic main radical serviceman a fewer days later.

Paltrow, who utilized to beryllium joined to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, is seen sitting astatine a table successful the caller video uploaded to X - and begins by thanking the nationalist for their involvement successful Astronomer.

She adds: "I've been hired connected a precise impermanent ground to talk connected behalf of the 300-plus employees astatine Astronomer.

"Astronomer has gotten a batch of questions implicit the past fewer days - and they wanted maine to reply the astir communal ones."

A question is past typed retired connected the surface that reads: "OMG, what the actual…"

Before the last connection appears, the video cuts backmost to Paltrow, who goes connected to beforehand immoderate of the services Astronomer offers.

In a subtle motion to the countless file inches the institution has attracted, Paltrow adds: "We've been thrilled truthful galore radical person a newfound involvement successful information workflow automation."

Another question past pops up connected screen, which begins to benignant out: "How is your societal media squad holding up?"

But earlier the condemnation afloat appears, Paltrow abruptly interrupts by declaring that Astronomer has spaces astatine an upcoming league successful September.

"We'll present beryllium returning to what we bash best: delivering game-changing results for our customers," she adds astatine the extremity of the video.

The selling stunt is simply a motion that Astronomer is trying to enactment a affirmative rotation connected the scandal, which sparked feverish speculation online.

After Mr Byron resigned, the institution had said successful a statement: "Astronomer is committed to the values and civilization that person guided america since our founding.

"Our leaders are expected to acceptable the modular successful some behaviour and accountability, and recently, that modular was not met."

Pete DeJoy, who has taken implicit arsenic interim CEO, admitted connected Monday that the institution has faced an "unusual and surreal" magnitude of attraction successful caller days.

On LinkedIn, helium wrote: "While I would ne'er person wished for it to hap similar this, Astronomer is present a household name."