I went through YC in S14 as a co-founder of a hardware company. I agree that YC optimizes heavily for SaaS companies, but smaller checks would probably exacerba

I went through YC in S14 as a co-founder of a hardware company. I agree that YC optimizes heavily for SaaS companies, but smaller checks would probably exacerbate this trend. Hardware companies need to not only subsist on the $120k but also develop prototypes. That's difficult enough, but it is completely impossible on $25k unless the co-founders are independently wealthy or have already raised money.