I imagine a similar approach could be taken re: genomics / proteomics. Thousands of tiny bioreactors with slightly different genetics, temperature, nutrients, etc, all piped to chromatography equipment and optimizing for the metabolic pathway of some desirable. Maybe blast 'em with gamma and try to catch a lucky mutation, etc.
Edit: I'm not the only one imagining such a thing: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095816692...