Why not spend your effort growing your business? Must you get into YC? If you wish to raise, why not raise without YC? I can understand if you're out of the country and don't have a VC in your area.
Why are you still chasing YC when you could be talking to customers, growing business, adding features?
Honestly, if I had the time to apply for YC I would but I would either spend the time relaxing in my hobby or growing my business. Investor talk is good if both you and VC are learning something from the meet. With YC it's just throwing hat in the ring with nothing to learn if you fail
But I do understand your point. I would definitely be focusing more on just making my product if I had any funding.