How would the fellowship apply to hardware startups? I am a in the basement hacker working on my idea. Even with 20k, I can't quite my 9-5 job. I would think

How would the fellowship apply to hardware startups? I am a in the basement hacker working on my idea. Even with 20k, I can't quite my 9-5 job. I would think after I have finished the Fellowship( in parallel with my job) the idea would be flushed out enough that I would be more comfortable of going all in, e.g. committing into YC core. What about a longer time frame for these types of ideas? especially considering hardware lead times, etc.