Melia Robinson
A human Zume employee retrieves a pizza from the behemoth robot behind her.
A Silicon Valley-based startup wants to take a slice out of the nearly $40 billion pizza industry in the most Silicon Valley-way possible - using robots to make its pies.
Zume Pizza, founded in 2015, set out to make better pizza faster by streamlining the process through technology. Robots use artificial intelligence to accept orders and prepare pizzas to buyers' exact specifications. And if customers live far enough away that the pizza could get cold before it's delivered, a new high-tech delivery truck cooks the pies en route.
Business Insider recently toured Zume's kitchen in Mountain View, California, to see how it all comes together. Take a look.