Silicon Valley’s $445 million robot pizza revolution that wasn’t

The zesty tale of Zume Pizza, one of the biggest flops in Silicon Valley history. “What if there was a better way to make and deliver pizza to you?” asked CNBC’s Jim Cramer—shirtsleeves rolled up, wagging his finger at the camera—as he passionately set up a segment of his popular Mad Money show in June 2018. “Turns out, there is, which brings me to Zume, Inc., a Silicon Valley–based startup trying to bring this industry to the modern era.” Cramer, on location in Mountain View,...