Visa Invests In Replit To Pioneer Agentic Payment Systems

Strategic Investment Fuels AI Innovation

Visa has made an undisclosed investment in Replit as the companies explore ways to integrate payment capabilities directly into AI-assisted software development workflows. The partnership reflects growing interest in enabling AI systems and developers to initiate and manage transactions without leaving development environments.

Enterprise Adoption And Advanced Integration

More than 1,000 Visa employees already use Replit for software development and prototyping, highlighting the platform’s growing adoption within large organizations. As part of the collaboration, the companies are evaluating how Replit users could access Visa Intelligent Commerce, an AI-powered payments platform, alongside Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol, which is designed to verify AI agents and facilitate secure transactions. The initiative could enable AI systems to interact with payment infrastructure while providing additional safeguards around identity verification and transaction intent.

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Pioneering The Future Of Agentic Payments

The investment aligns with a broader industry shift toward agentic commerce, where AI agents perform tasks and execute transactions on behalf of users. Technology and financial services companies are increasingly developing infrastructure that allows AI systems to complete purchases, process payments, and automate workflows with limited human intervention. Competition in the sector is intensifying as companies seek to establish standards for secure AI-driven commerce.

Enterprise Growth And Market Validation

Replit’s CEO, Amjad Masad, has underlined the platform’s robust enterprise traction and low churn rates, noting that customer retention often exceeds 300% net retention in some cases. Masad emphasized that enterprises rarely migrate from Replit once they experience the comprehensive benefits of its integrated stack and single-tenant environments, underscoring the platform’s long-term value.

Elevating Enterprise Access

In tandem with its growing market presence, Replit is launching a self-serve enterprise access program that empowers organizations to secure contracts up to $200,000 without an intermediary. This initiative offers top-tier compliance and controls, including single sign-on (SSO), audit logs, and advanced permissions, thereby reinforcing Replit’s commitment to secure, scalable, and efficient software development.

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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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