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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Eurobank Wins Two Euromoney Awards Following Cyprus Merger

by THEFUTURE.TEAM

July 17, 2026

Eurobank has been named Cyprus’ Best Bank for 2026 by Euromoney, while also receiving the award for Best Bank for Large Corporates at the publication’s latest Awards for Excellence.

Merger Marks A Milestone

The awards recognise the bank’s performance during 2025, a year marked by the completion of the legal merger between Hellenic Bank and Eurobank Cyprus. The transaction created Eurobank Limited, which the group says is now Cyprus’ largest banking and insurance organisation, with assets exceeding €28 billion.

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Euromoney’s Awards for Excellence evaluate banks’ performance over the previous calendar year, with this edition covering January 1 to December 31, 2025.

Lending, Customers And Digital Growth

Eurobank said its business lending portfolio expanded by around 17 per cent during 2025, while its customer base grew to more than 710,000 retail clients and 11,500 business customers.

The bank also continued its digital expansion, saying more than 96 per cent of transactions are now completed through digital channels, and most financing applications are submitted via its mobile app.

Expanding International Presence

Eurobank also highlighted the opening of its first representative office in India, describing the move as a step toward strengthening business links between Cyprus and India while supporting Cyprus’ role as a gateway to the European Union for Indian businesses and investors.

According to the bank, Euromoney recognised not only the successful completion of the merger but also its lending growth, digital transformation and contribution to Cyprus’ position as an international business and investment hub.

CEO On The Awards

“The Euromoney awards confirm Eurobank’s strong momentum and the successful implementation of our group’s strategy in Cyprus,” Chief Executive Michalis Louis said.

He said the merger strengthened the bank’s ability to support households, businesses and the wider economy, while highlighting continued investment in digital services and the opening of the representative office in India as key milestones during the year.

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