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Not entirely familiar with pcb design tools (still learning atm, so I have lots of stupid questions), but will this have vendor support data from a place such as digikey? Mcmastercarr has integrations for solidworks, etc

Can this tool completely replace the need for a breadboard for prototyping, or are there cases where youd still want to use one?

Will there be any WYISYWIG tools or do you have to write things in HDL/verilog/etc

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Our tool can be configured to source parts from specific vendors, such as Digi-Key and Mouser, etc.

We plan to replace most of the needs for prototyping. But there is still about a 3-4 day turn to get your boards back from the fab.

If you have all the parts already lying around, and a breadboard handy, then you could get a breadboard design up faster than you could with our service.

We have Wyisywig tools internally for help during placing / inspecting the board shapes / verifying package footprints etc.

How does this differ from KiCAD though? Does it just automate steps you normally would do in there? Whats the purpose of exporting to kiCAD? Ive never used kicad

This automates what you would normally do in KiCAD (and more). We export to KiCAD, because it's a convenient way to view and edit the design.

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