Notion Transforms Productivity With A Pioneering Agentic Platform

Introducing The Agentic Era Of Productivity

Notion introduced its new Developer Platform, expanding beyond collaborative note-taking and productivity tools into broader AI automation and workflow orchestration.

During a livestream presentation, the company unveiled a series of updates designed to extend the capabilities of its Custom AI Agents while improving integrations with external tools, databases and enterprise systems. According to Notion, users have already created more than one million AI agents through the platform.

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Empowering Developers With Custom Code Execution

A central feature of the new platform is Workers, a cloud-based environment that allows developers and teams to run custom code within a secure sandboxed system. The feature is designed to eliminate the need for additional infrastructure while enabling companies to connect external databases, automate actions through webhooks and build customised internal tools directly within Notion workflows.

The company said the update allows databases inside Notion to function as operational workflow engines rather than static productivity tools.

Unifying Data, Agents And Third-Party Integrations

The platform also expands Notion’s orchestration capabilities across external software systems and AI tools. Integrations currently include platforms such as Salesforce, Zendesk and PostgreSQL, allowing AI agents to interact with updated external data sources.

Notion additionally introduced support for external AI systems, including Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Decagon, while also launching an External Agent API intended for internal enterprise deployments and custom AI integrations.

Redefining Productivity As Core Infrastructure

The launch reflects a broader shift across the technology industry toward integrated AI-driven workplace infrastructure and workflow automation systems. Ivan Zhao said the platform was designed to support “any data, any tool, and any agent,” as the company positions itself beyond traditional productivity software. Free access to the Developer Platform will remain available through August as Notion expands adoption among developers and enterprise customers.

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Cyprus Expects More French Visitors In 2027 As Air Capacity Expands

by THEFUTURE.TEAM

September 18, 2026

Cyprus expects more French visitors in 2027 as airlines increase capacity between the two countries, Tourism Deputy Minister Kostas Koumis said after meetings with tour operators in Paris.

France, one of Cyprus’ key tourism markets, has had a difficult 2026. French arrivals fell 46% year over year to 8,453 in August, from 15,663 a year earlier, according to the Statistical Service of Cyprus (Cystat). August arrivals were also nearly 50% below the 16,798 recorded in the same month of 2024.

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Overall, Cyprus received 2.82 million tourist arrivals between January and August, down 7% from the same period in 2025.

Air Connectivity Supports 2027 Outlook

Koumis discussed the 2027 outlook with senior executives from tour operators offering Cyprus holidays during the IFTM Top Resa travel trade fair in Paris.

Higher air capacity between France and Cyprus was a key focus of the talks. Participants also discussed the impact of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East on the French market and Cyprus’ efforts to adapt its tourism offering to French travelers.

“The French market is undoubtedly an extremely important market for our country’s tourism,” Koumis said, adding that France had regained importance only a few years ago and still had room to grow.

Improved air connectivity will be an important factor in that expansion, according to Koumis. “It is now clear that air connectivity between France and Cyprus is improving significantly, which is a basic prerequisite for the further growth of the market,” he said.

Cyprus Promotes Tourism And Regional Cooperation

Koumis attended the opening of IFTM Top Resa at the invitation of French Tourism Minister Serge Papin, who later visited the Cyprus stand. Held from Sept. 15 to 17 at Paris Porte de Versailles, the event brought together more than 32,000 tourism professionals representing 177 destinations and 1,650 brands, according to organizers.

During his visit, Koumis also met Egyptian Tourism Minister Sherif Fathy. Cyprus and Egypt reaffirmed their tourism cooperation and discussed opportunities to strengthen ties further.

French media interviews covered Cyprus’ tourism offering, infrastructure and services, along with efforts to develop specialized tourism products. Regional instability weighed on arrivals in 2026, particularly during the spring, although the decline narrowed over the summer.

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