Is my idea + progress good enough to raise pre-seed round? CRM for construction niches. Non-tech founder.

Is my startup idea and progress good enough to raise a pre-seed round? It’s a CRM with meaningful AI integrations for specific type of B2B construction companies. I only want to continue at my current pace if it’s realistic to start raising within the next 2 weeks.

At first, I thought it was fine because simple companies still get on Y-comb such as hammr and Relate CRM , but now I’m not sure. Would love to get the community’s thoughts on this. I’ve been working on this for about a week.

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Key Highlights (You can skip to longer section below)

• Product is CRM for B2B construction companies. The previous tech company I worked at used an in-house built CRM for their workflow, and I’m creating that solution and applying it to B2B construction companies that have similar workflows. No competitors I’ve found.
• I’m uniquely positioned to spearhead: B2B SaaS/tech sales + expertise in construction
• I’m a non-tech sales founder with experience in UI/UX. Will bring on CTO co-founder once I start raising as that would entice better talent
• Progress + Traction
  • $400 MRR in pre-sales, can get to ~$800-1000 EOM
  • Validated through customer interviews
  • Created some Figma frames, product overview, user journeys, business plan
  • Made a simple but meaningful AI tool that will be available to those that sign up for waitlist. Did this with GitHub + ChatGPT
  • Landing page website going up this week followed by PPC campaign, email marketing, and outreach. My GF works in enterprise sales and she’ll help me generate more leads.

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Long Version

• Background
  • B2B SaaS/Tech sales. I worked at enterprise company as an Account Executive where I worked with funded startups and their development, UI/UX, and Product management teams. I have a general knowledge in all these - my best being UI/UX design as I can work with Figma well
  • Domain expertise: my family has had a construction company since I was young. I have a large network because of this.
• Problem
  • At my previous company, we had a custom in-house built CRM for our workflow. It worked okay, despite being maintained by multiple engineers costing hundreds of thousands a year.
    • I’m creating a CRM that solves that, and applying it to construction industries that can make use of it. I have a great network here which makes it easy for me get sales quickly.
• Vision
  • Building this CRM for construction niche will allow us to generate MRR fast. We will be first movers in bringing meaningful AI tools to construction, which is generating significant interest. This gives us the opportunity to build the foundational technology that can be adapted to a wider audience such as my previous company and others - think researchers, consultants, etc.
• Traction + Current Progress (1 week)
  • Validated idea through user interviews and pre-sales.
  • Currently have $400 MRR in pre-sales. I expect $800-1000 in a month if I continue at my pace. This is from doing typical B2B sales. I’ve set up a CRM for this.
  • Created product overview, user journeys, wireframes and some Figma frames, business plan
  • Created a simple but meaningful AI tool for the niche which will be available to those that sign up for the waitlist. Created with GitHub + ChatGPT
  • Completing landing page website this week. Will start PPC ads (I’m experienced in this) after that to generate sign-ups. I’ll also start email marketing from lists I’ve scraped.
• Team
  • Solo-founder, will bring on CTO co-founder once I start raising funds. I have promising candidates, but feel that I need to raise funds to really entice a good co-founder.
  • I’m uniquely positioned to head this product; B2B sales having worked with many CRMs + construction expertise and network.
    • That said, I’ve never actually done anything that impressive besides being an AE at a known enterprise techy company (but not FAANG level).

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I want to acknowledge that my progress might sound more impressive than it is - it's still just a CRM after all, and I'm non-technical.

Should I keep going? Advice? I also have a great offer to lead sales at a profitable startup, but I could always do both if it was worth it.

I’m feeling really uncertain for some reason :/ maybe it’s just burnout.