Can’t find a tech co-founder. Should I pay to build my MVP and then find my tech co-founder or hold out?

Been looking high and low to find a tech co-founder to help me built my MVP. Now before anyone says that I should learn to build it myself and use AI tools to help, my product is a marketplace and AI tools aren’t exactly the best for that. Therefore, should I pay to get it built and then look for a co-founder to help me iterate or just keep looking? Appreciate the advice.