Ginkgo Bioworks operates within four foundries, which are essentially large automated laboratories, where scientists program cells to engineer organisms. Ginkgo works with partners to develop and license molecules for their partners to commercialize and distribute. In more recent years, Ginkgo has been shifting this model to develop their own subsidiary brands to bring products to market including Motif Ingredients & Joyn Bio (neither company has any products to market yet). Ginkgo’s main value proposition is the company’s automated throughput screening technology that tests thousands of engineered yeast and bacteria to generate new molecules. This iterative process is designed to generate a proprietary set of yeast cells that are fit to replicate a molecule of value such as cannabinoids or milk proteins.