Does the wider start up economy still look positively on pivoting?

"Does the wider start up economy still look positively on pivoting?"

yeah that's the core question I guess.

A little background; my cofounder and I have a good start up but we're struggling to accelerate growth and raise capital because our current product is a simple Saas company.

In our frustration we started a side project. We started working on a "cynical ai pivot" and after 2 months of work its paid off, we have a couple customers of the "cynical ai pivot." Should we keep the same company and pivot the product or should we start a new company? Does the wider start up eco-system still celebrate pivoting or would it look better for us to start fully fresh.

-Long time reader first time poster.