If you decide not to go with funding and you don't get into YC? did you just kill your company? If you decide to go with funding and you don't get into YC this

If you decide not to go with funding and you don't get into YC? did you just kill your company? If you decide to go with funding and you don't get into YC this time around. Would that give you more opportunity to show more traction in 6 months or a year? Does getting funding help your odds of getting into YC? or raising money during demo day? It seems like to me there's only one scenario where turning it down plays in your favor.