There are plenty of accelerators aiming to sway young startups to join their ranks rather than apply to Y Combinator, but Pioneer‘s sell is a bit different. First off, they are fully remote; founders selected to participate in the program chat with advisors via video chat. Second, Pioneer is largely looking at companies that aren’t companies yet, framing themselves as more of a “startup generator” than an accelerator that aims to help entrepreneurs outside Silicon Valley zero in on exactly what kind of startup they want to build. Earlier this month, I wrote about the accelerator, which is helmed by former YC partner Daniel Gross . Ex-YC partner Daniel Gross rethinks the accelerator My interview with Gross had some interesting longer bouts I didn’t have space to include, so I’m including the salient bits here.