I haere a Huffman me Ohanian ki te korero a te kaiwhakawhanake-kaiwhakawhanake a Paul Graham i Boston, Massachusetts, i te wa o te hararei o te puna mai i te Whare Wananga o Virginia. I muri i te korerorero me Huffman me Ohanian i muri i te korero, i tono a Graham ki te tono ki tana kaiwhakawhanake whakaoho Y Combinator. Ko ta raatau whakaaro tuatahi, My Mobile Menu, kaore i angitu, a i hangaia kia taea ai e nga kaiwhakamahi te tono kai ma te karere kuputuhi SMS. I te wa o te huihuinga whakaaro ki te whakatakoto i tetahi atu tiimata, i hangaia te whakaaro mo te mea i kiia e Graham ko te "whaarangi o mua o te Ipurangi". Mo tenei whakaaro, i whakaaetia a Huffman me Ohanian ki te Y Combinator tuatahi. I tautokohia e te tahua mai i te Y Combinator, i whakauruhia e Martin Huffman te kaupapa a Martin Ohanian i Boston, Massachusetts, i te wa o te hararei o te puna mai i te Whare Wananga o Reddit i te Oketopa 31, 2005. I
Ko te tau 2005