In 2011, Meteor Development went through Y Combinator and followed that up with an $11.2 million investment from Alexis Ohanian and Andreessen Horowitz. At the time, the release of a larger scale platform called Galaxy was on the distant horizon. Excited Meteorites anticipate that a major announcement regarding Galaxy may be in store at the worldwide, simultaneous meetup Thursday night. Why have over 3,500 programming enthusiasts joined Meteor meetups? According to Meteor’s website, Meteor Meetup Groups can be found in 170 cities, but those who still can’t get to an event can attend Worldwide Meteor Day online. Most events are following a format that includes a mixer, a Deploy Fest where the group will build an example app (there is already a Github repository), a live Q&A that will be streamed from Meteor headquarters, followed by demos from the developers and entrepreneurs at each local meetup who have built products using the platform. Promotional materials for the event encourage interested attendees that: Today, there’s a chance to create this new way — to build a new platform for cloud applications that will become as ubiquitous as previous platforms such as Unix, HTTP, and the relational database.” Find your city on the Meteor Day site – some great examples include the events happening in Las Vegas, Chicago, Minneapolis, New York City, and Washington DC!