my name is lee cronin. of glasgow, and also the ceo of chemify. chemistry is literally the act of designing a molecule that you might want, and to do that, it's very technical. you have to work out all the moves you need to make. in computation in the last 100 years, you've gone from people using mechanical typewriters or mechanical calculators to, you know, a computer that literally you can fit in the palm of your hand. meanwhile, the chemist is still working by hand in the fume hood. you can mix together some chemicals and make a wonderful molecule, but wouldn't it be easier if you could automate the mixing and the checking so that you can make more molecules more quickly, more elegantly, more reliably? why this is important is it means we can start to make molecules we could never, ever make before because they're just too dangerous to make. if we can change the sequence of the molecule, we can then make new types of medicine. we should be able to make many more drugs and tailor them for individuals. i d