Mgbe ha kwusịrị okwu na Huffman na Ohanian na-esochi nkuzi ahụ, Graham kpọrọ ha abụọ ka ha tinye aka na ụlọ ọrụ mmalite ya Y Combinator. Echiche mbụ ha, My Mobile Menu, enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma, ma bụrụ nke e bu n'obi ikwe ka ndị ọrụ nye iwu nri site na ozi ederede SMS. N'oge nnọkọ brainstorming iji tinye mmalite ọzọ, e mepụtara echiche ahụ maka ihe Graham kpọrọ "ihu ihu nke Intanet". Maka echiche a, Huffman na Ohanian nabatara na Combinator Y nke mbụ. Nkwado site na ego sitere na Y Combinator, Huffman kwadoro Lisp Martin na Ohanian na Boston, Massachusetts, n'oge ezumike mmiri ha na Mahadum Virginia. Mgbe ha kwusịrị okwu na Huffman na Ohanian na-eso Reddit, Graham gwara ha ka ha tinye akwụkwọ maka ụlọ ọrụ mmalite ya Y Combinator.
Afọ 2005