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Net2Board (co-naut)ECADConfidence: Medium

A PCB placement solver driven by a real agent through a 246-step session ended with no unmet constraints and refs still unplaced, wasting two full solve runs: one had a region rectangle 0.1 mm too short for any grid point, the other a 6x6 mm corner the grid could not hit, and the caller could only find out by re-running with relaxed inputs.

Impact Analysis

Persona
Electrical Engineer
Team Size Impact
5x Multiplier
Prototype Delay
3 Days
Est. Annual Cost
$30,000
  • 1 user · 1 month240 min
  • Rest of team960 min
  • Rest of year13,200 min

monthly_minutes × 12 × team_multiplier ÷ 60 × $75/hr = $30k/yr

$75/hr assumed rate.

Annual team-minutes decomposed from the reported monthly inputs.

Evidence & Sources

1 Sources

Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digest, Oct 25-26 2026 (Oct 25 daytime to Oct 26 morning slots). Verified live 2026-10-26: issue/PR read on GitHub; title and state confirmed.