I agree. I see three DAG projects announced with fast lightning network, feeless and adding privacy based on Raiblocks Success. Hope someone succeed doing this. I been working since 6 months on one product myself but never thought of going in forums and asking for money until you have something to show in hand "Working Product".
If you are working on something and it seems promising, perhaps you can engage others in the community and see what two heads can come up with. Collaboration could really help.

I agree collaboration can bring better enhancements in a project, I never thought of it but may be in future when i feel it's ready for main stream. I again hope Azulik team succeed in what they try to achieve with this project.