socaltech.com Santa Monica-based Piestro, a startup which is taking aim at automating the process of making pizzas, using robot technology, said this week that it has partnered with PopID, a developer of facial recognition payments technology. According to the companies, the partnership will let consumers pay with their face at Piestro's planned automated pizzeria locations. Piestro has developed a robot that makes pizza, which it is in the midst of developing. Piestro is backed by Wavemaker Partners, and is also in the midst of crowdfunding its efforts through StartEngine. Piestro's CEO is Massimo De Marco. Piestro is just one of a number of robotics startups in the works from Wavemaker Labs.