The SingleStore meetup series has been hosting regular meetups in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood, aiming to connect with tech startups and share knowledge on various topics including real-time digital insight, database performance, scaling startups, and more. The first official meetup of 2016 was recently held, showcasing the progress made over the past year. Key speakers included Carlos Bueno, Jim Herbold, Drew Paroski, Chris Fry, Ciprian Gerea, and Eric Boutin, who shared their expertise on topics such as in-memory database performance, scaling hypergrowth sales, writing compilers in modern C++, rapid startup scaling, lessons learned from building real-time databases, and Microsoft's Cosmos for business intelligence. The meetups have covered various aspects of technology, providing valuable insights to attendees and promoting knowledge sharing within the tech community.