Tokyo-based LayerX, which uses AI to help enterprises automate back-office workload, raised a $100M Series B led by TCV, taking its total funding to $192.2M (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

Tokyo-based LayerX, which uses AI to help enterprises automate back-office workload, raised a $100M Series B led by TCV, taking its total funding to $192.2M (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

Kate Park / TechCrunch : Tokyo-based LayerX, which uses AI to help enterprises automate back-office workload, raised a $100M Series B led by TCV, taking its total funding to $192.2M —  Aging demographics, labor shortages, the adoption of GenAI, and the 2023 implementation of e-invoicing are driving companies to automate finance …

WLFI, the token of the Trump family's World Liberty Financial, falls 25% to about $0.21 on its first day of trading, giving it a market cap of around $6B (Nikou Asgari/Financial Times)

WLFI, the token of the Trump family's World Liberty Financial, falls 25% to about $0.21 on its first day of trading, giving it a market cap of around $6B (Nikou Asgari/Financial Times)

Nikou Asgari / Financial Times : WLFI, the token of the Trump family's World Liberty Financial, falls 25% to about $0.21 on its first day of trading, giving it a market cap of around $6B —  WLFI tokens in circulation have a total nominal value of $6.4bn  —  The crypto token of a project backed by US President Donald Trump fell on its first day of trading on Monday.

Alibaba's shares jumped 19% in Hong Kong on Monday, following strong quarterly results from its cloud computing unit and reports of its new AI chip on Friday (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

Alibaba's shares jumped 19% in Hong Kong on Monday, following strong quarterly results from its cloud computing unit and reports of its new AI chip on Friday (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC : Alibaba's shares jumped 19% in Hong Kong on Monday, following strong quarterly results from its cloud computing unit and reports of its new AI chip on Friday —  Alibaba's Hong Kong listed shares surged more than 19% on Monday as the Chinese tech giant's cloud computing unit drove strong quarterly results …