PearX is probably more selective than YC but at least if you're in the SF area, seems to be more of a real accelerator. (And not just for "get more money befor

PearX is probably more selective than YC but at least if you're in the SF area, seems to be more of a real accelerator. (And not just for "get more money before demo day.") https://pear.vc/ https://pear.vc/ AI Grant investment is probably going to give you way better access and actual tangible assistance: https://aigrant.com/ https://aigrant.com/ There are others but these are the things that really stood out. We will go directly to investors too, hopefully someone in our network sees the potential and is willing to throw us some pre-seed to get it started. I don't think the YC Standard Deal is bad, and I might try again next time, but there are things about the program that I think are not worth the time/money, and I'm not at all sure "access to their network" is any better than (even as good as) the same access from a different set of VCs.