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Odoo Raised Prices for the First Time in Four Years, and Put AI Behind a Meter

by Darren from 19 Prince

TL;DR Odoo raised European prices for the first time in four years: the Custom plan (i.e. Enterprise.) went from €29 to €35 per user per month, about 20%, and every AI feature now runs on paid Odoo cr...

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Sep 30, 2026

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Odoo Turned Off €5 Million a Month in Google Ads. The Deck Says Why.

by Darren from 19 Prince

On September 13, Fabien Pinckaers posted a 30-page deck to LinkedIn that no one asked him to publish: what happened when Odoo switched off Google Ads entirely. Software companies rarely, if ever, publ...

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Sep 17, 2026

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What I Saw at Odoo Experience SF 2026

by Darren from 19 Prince

TL;DR This was a partner show, not a customer show . I met four end users all week. Odoo 20 embraces MCP. That brings the Salesforce-in-Claude pattern to Odoo, and it is the clearest signal that 20 is...

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Sep 7, 2026

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Odoo 20 Reveals in SF, SAP Fences Its API, OCA Signs Its Commits

by Darren from 19 Prince

TL;DR Four companies drew a line around AI agents in 30 days: SAP banned third-party agents from its API, the OCA banned unsupervised ones from its codebase, Shopify made every Liquid storefront agent...

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Aug 21, 2026

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Odoo 19 Email Templates: How the 'From' Field Actually Works

by Darren from 19 Prince

Every Odoo project I've run eventually hits the same moment: a client asks why an invoice or a quote showed up in their customer's inbox from the wrong person . Not a bounce, not a spam filter. The em...

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Aug 1, 2026

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2 Million Users, a €10 Billion Founder, and an AI Server Inside Odoo

by Darren from 19 Prince

July 08, 2026 2 Million Users, a €10 Billion Founder, and an AI Server Inside Odoo TOP NEWS TL;DR Two million paying users: Odoo crossed 2,113,916 paying users, ahead of plan. The scale is no lo...

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Jul 8, 2026

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12 Out of 33, Joule Goes Free, and DC Is June 25

by Darren from 19 Prince

June 14, 2026 Odoo 19.3 Scores 12/33, Joule Goes Free, and DC in June TL;DR Odoo 19.3 AI Builder: I ran the test. Same brief, same logo, 11 criteria. Odoo scored 12 out of 33. Claude Code scored...

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Jun 15, 2026

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Odoo Rewrote the Docs at 6am, 19.3 Vibe Codes Websites, and Dynamics Gets Agents

by Darren from 19 Prince

Odoo Rewrote the Docs at 6am, 19.3 Vibe Codes Websites, and Dynamics Gets Agents TL;DR Staging cut: Odoo shrank Odoo.sh staging lifetime from 90 to 30 days via a single undocumented commit. No b...

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May 19, 2026

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Google Launched Agentic Commerce, Odoo Wasn't Invited. Fabrice's R&D Firehose. And a Partner Webinar.

by Darren from 19 Prince

April 29, 2026 Google Launched Agentic Commerce, Odoo Wasn't Invited. Fabrice's R&D Firehose. And, a Partner Webinar. TL;DR Agentic commerce is here: Google launched its Universal Commerce Proto...

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Apr 29, 2026

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Claude Code Appears in Odoo.sh, €650M on the Board, and a Module I Shipped in Two Days

by Darren from 19 Prince

April 14, 2026 Claude Code Appears in Odoo.sh, €650M on the Board, and a Module I Shipped in Two Days TL;DR 19.2 is live on Odoo.com: Ray Carnes confirmed Odoo.com itself flipped to 19.2 on 4/14...

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Apr 14, 2026

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Odoo Forums Conspiracy, €7bn valuation, Ignored Cash Piles, and Texas

by Darren from 19 Prince

February 27, 2026 Odoo Forums Conspiracy, €7bn valuation, Ignored Cash Piles, and Texas TOP NEWS Hey there, Another installment of my semi-regular Odoo ramblings. This email is sent via Odoo, so...

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Feb 27, 2026

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Odoo + Claude Code, Shopify/Woo/Mage & Two More Cities

by Darren from 19 Prince

February 03, 2026 Odoo + Claude Code, Shopify/Woo/Mage &Two More Cities TOP NEWS Hey there, Another installment of my semi-regular Odoo ramblings. This email is sent via Odoo, so feel free to op...

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Feb 3, 2026

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