Your chances would probably be the same either way -- which is to say very tiny. No co-founder. Not doing it full time already. No prototype. No market vali

Your chances would probably be the same either way -- which is to say very tiny. No co-founder. Not doing it full time already. No prototype. No market validation. All strikes against you before you even get to IP issues. I guess if it was a Facebook class idea then maybe. I think YC behaves like most accelerators and looks that the team pretty seriously except that they have an abundance of applicants. This question is kind of like me asking if I could get funding from A16Z. Hell, I probably couldn't even get a meeting with their receptionist. But if you want to do it cleanly, quit. work on it in private for six months. then apply.