Ending a 4-year partnership, DoorDash will stop delivering Walmart groceries next month

TechCrunch Newsletter [TechCrunch logo]( [The Daily Crunch logo]( By [Christine Hall]( and [Haje Jan Kamps]( Friday, August 19, 2022 Fridayyyyyy. If you’re following the ups and downs of the crypto industry, [you won’t want to miss this Twitter Space]( on Monday at 12:00 p.m. PDT/3:00 p.m. EDT. Senior crypto reporter [Anita]( will be speaking with [Sam Rosenblum]( and [Breck Stodghill]( about where they’re seeing the most exciting opportunities among early-stage web3 companies. Happy weekend, you party animals. Personally, we are more napping cat animals than party animals at the moment, but at least we can all be animals in our own way! — [Christine]( and [Haje]( [ image] Image Credits: SOPA Images / Getty Images The TechCrunch Top 3 - [Delivery drop](: When one door opens for DoorDash, another door closes. Earlier this week, we reported that [DoorDash and Facebook]( were becoming fast friends as they piloted a program to pick up and drop off Facebook Marketplace items to customers. Now, [Aisha]( reports that DoorDash may be ending its delivery relationship with Walmart in September. Walmart might not be too upset by the breakup, though, as it has been working on its own delivery efforts. - [Falling Facebook](: The social media giant is “losing its grip,” as [Sarah]( put it, on younger consumers who are preferring newer apps like TikTok and BeReal. The evidence? Facebook just can’t seem to stay in the Apple App Store’s Top 10. Though this phenomena is not new for them, Sarah has more on if it’s time for Facebook to be concerned. - [Leveraging Love](: Former Bolt ([this one]() CEO Ryan Breslow may still be in some hot Twitter water for his comments about the hurdles to going up against competitors, but he tells [Connie]( that he has “no regrets” about anything he said. Instead, he is jumping headfirst into some new startups, including a “people-powered pharma” startup called Love. [Nominations for the 2022 IT Superhero Awards closing soon!]( Sponsored by [Connection]( [Our IT folks save the day, every day; but have we really thanked them for their heroics? Now we can. Connection invites you to nominate your favorite IT Superheroes. All nominations must be in by Aug. 31.]( [Learn More]( Startups and VC “IPOing has been an extremely rare outcome for robotics companies, even in the (now bygone) golden era of SPACs. Given the state of the overall market, some planned SPACs were put on hold in the interim, in hopes of riding more favorable trends,” [Brian]( writes as he discusses the [three true robotic startup outcomes]( in his awesome Actuator newsletter. It’s all about robotics, and [you can subscribe to it and all our other newsletters](. We’re not sure if the form will ask you if you are a robot to subscribe to our robotics newsletter, but that would be particularly funny. Meanwhile, there was a bunch of action in the automatic-transcription-and-note-taking field, as [Rita]( reports that [Otter.ai challenger Airgram raises $10 million](. Probably not in response to that, but [Ivan](’s report is notable — [Otter.ai slashes its free plan to a max of 300 minutes per month, but does open its recorder bot to all](. Five more that caught our eyes and ears: - Culling card: Uni, India’s pay-later cards startup, plans to [temporarily suspend its card services in the South Asian market]( following the local central bank’s guidelines on digital lending, [Manish]( reports. - Unrolling the rollups: [Mary Ann]( reports that something is shifting in the world of fintech, as [ a16z’s fintech leads say “Silicon Valley is becoming unbundled.”]( - A locker for your keys: If hackers get hold of secret codes and drain the wallets, users have no way to recover their funds. [Safeheron secures $7 million to make those keys safer](, reports [Rita](. - More money for African pre-seed startups: Microtraction, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in African startups at the pre-seed stage, [is announcing that it has reached the first, $15 million close]( of its second fund, [Tage]( reports. - Say what?: [Becca]( reports that the [FDA’s decision to allow over-the-counter hearing loss tech]( will strap a rocket booster to innovation in the sector. [5 investors explain why longevity tech is a long-term play]( In the United States, average life expectancy has fallen for two years in a row. In 2019, it was 78.86 years, but by 2020, that figure shrank by 2 years and 3 months. The decline was due to COVID-19, but reporter Anna Heim interviewed five investors who are backing startups developing technology that may allow us to live longer, healthier lives. Longevity is a nascent vertical today, but “the space is only getting started now and will infiltrate all aspects of our life in the next five to 10 years,” said one respondent. (TechCrunch+ is our membership program, which helps founders and startup teams get ahead.[You can sign up here](.) [Read More]( [5 investors explain why longevity tech is a long-term play image] Image Credits: Lucy Lambriex / Getty Images Big Tech Inc. If you always feel like somebody’s watching you, it might be TikTok. [Natasha L]( reports on some independent research that has surfaced related to [TikTok’s in-app browser injecting code]( — a term called keylogging — that could have it monitoring keyboard inputs and taps that are happening on third-party websites inside TikTok. Developer Felix Krause, who conducted the research, did say that just because TikTok might be doing this does not mean it is in a malicious way. Just how much are you willing to pay to drive an electric vehicle? [Lucid is betting at least $249,000](. That’s how much it is pricing its new Sapphire performance EV, [Kirsten]( writes. Now, to be fair, it has a glass roof, three motors and a sweet color. - Clear your closet: Online home goods retailer Wayfair saw its shares plummet today following news that it would [lay off nearly 900](, or about 5% of its workforce. [Andrew]( writes the move is “a way to reprioritize investment needs and meet the company’s current needs.” - Tip your hat: W4 Games, a new company from the creators of the Godot game engine, is [tapping into the wisdom]( of commercial open source software giant Red Hat to take Godot to the next level. [Paul]( has more on how W4 plans to do that. - Clean your plate: European food delivery company [Just Eat Takeaway is selling its stake]( in Brazil-based iFood to Prosus for up to $1.8 billion in an effort to gain some liquidity “amid troubling times,” [Paul]( writes. - Fold your phone: [Brian]( is having fun whipping out two of Samsung’s foldable phones and showing friends to see their reactions. Here, he reviews the[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4](. - Know your car history: Lincoln’s idea of an [electric vehicle concept car]( is a bit outlandish. [Jaclyn]( writes that the Lincoln Model L 100 concept “pays homage to the brand’s first luxury vehicle, the [1922 Model L](.” You’ll need to see it for yourself. 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