This is an excerpt from Pipettes to Prompts — From Pipettes to Prompts: Reprogramming Science with AI (Part 4/6). Yaoyu recounts his years at Ginkgo Bioworks, where he helped design large-scale software systems for synthetic biology. He explains how “foundry thinking” changed his view of biology, and why building the right abstractions is as much art as engineering. Tune in for insights on: How Ginkgo’s foundry model transformed biotech Building scalable tools for biological engineering Lessons from the Redwood Award–winning team You can connect with our host, René Bastón, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renebaston/ And our guest, Yaoyu Yang, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaoyuyang/ For more information on any of the topics discussed, visit the Hill Research Podcast at: https://www.hillresearch.ai/podcast