Odoo News April 2026

Odoo achieves LNE certification for POS Scales

Odoo is now officially LNE certified, supporting integrated scales within the Point of Sale app. 

This certification - issued by the National Physical and Evaluation Laboratory - is a legal requirement for trade, proving that the software accurately and securely handles weight-based transactions to prevent consumer fraud.

The certification covers versions 18.0 and 19.0 across all EU countries, specifically meeting compliance standards in France, Switzerland, and Germany. To ensure security, the module is installed manually and uses a checksum (a digital security signature) to prevent code tampering.

Currently, the system integrates with Mettler Toledo scales (8217 protocol) via an IoT connection. Odoo strongly recommends using a physical IoT Box over a virtual one to guarantee the necessary drivers and interfaces are present.

Given Odoo’s recent release of its own POS blackbox and new IoT partnerships, we expect this hardware-focused trend to accelerate with Odoo 20.

Odoo integrates with Google Reserve for restaurant table booking

Odoo launched an official integration with Google Reserve. 

This allows Odoo-managed restaurants to offer bookings directly through Google Search and Maps, without any third-party connectors.

According to Odoo users online, this update provides a real alternative to existing platforms that have become too expensive for restaurant owners.

The community is already reporting successful live tests, with Odoo’s product team confirming early adoption and active users in France.

Deloitte Austria joins the Odoo Partner network

Deloitte Austria has officially entered the Odoo market as a partner, which is an interesting development for the DACH region.

That said, this isn't exactly a brand-new strategy. Deloitte Belgium already partnered up in 2024, meaning the Austrian branch is essentially following a path paved by other major players. The 'Big Four' consultancies have actually been moving in for a while now, with KPMG entering the ecosystem back in 2022 and PwC jumping on board in 2025.

The real takeaway here is what this trend says about Odoo's growth. The fact that massive global consultancies are steadily adopting the platform shows it has outgrown its small-business roots. It proves Odoo has matured into an established, enterprise-grade system that the big firms want in their toolkit.

Odoo shares its own intelligence on market development

Odoo gave insights into their POV on key trends during the Odoo Partner Day:

Global growth explodes in India, MENA, and the Americas

While Europe remains a core focus, Odoo reported massive ARR gains in emerging markets throughout the past year. India led Odoo’s global expansion with a 72% YoY increase. It was followed by the MENA region at 56%, Central & South America at 52%, and North America at 44%.

New Odoo users choose cloud hosting, but many are yet to upgrade

Data shows that 47.9% of customers use Odoo Online and 32% use Odoo.sh. This means 79.9% of the user base is on cloud-based hosting, while on-premise usage is at 20.1%. Additionally, 48% of new indirect customers are on Odoo Online. 

However, Odoo also noted that 14% of customers are on non-covered versions. This hints at a disjointed user base, where most are looking for innovation, but a fraction is still clinging to the old ways.

Odoo dispels the SaaSpocalypse with internal AI strategy

Odoo is pushing back against the myth that AI will kill SaaS.  Although they acknowledged the shift toward agentic AI (even in their product development), they emphasise that traditional SaaS architecture remains essential.

Odoo's AI strategy focuses on combining the best of both worlds by making the most of its open-source model. Because LLMs are already heavily trained on Odoo's codebase, they won’t have to start from scratch and can instead build on those existing AI capabilities.

They also shared their own application of AI, and how it’s divided into two main areas:

• Internal operations: Odoo uses AI in-house for tasks like translations, system upgrades, and assisting senior developers with R&D
• Product features: Within the system itself, Odoo integrates and uses AI in specific AI modules, proactive AI agents, and the website builder.

A first look at the Odoo Experience 2026 map 

Odoo shared a sneak peek of its Odoo Experience in Belgium. They shared a redesigned event map of the Brussels Expo, which included:

• Hall 11: Main stage and keynotes
• Hall 10: fully dedicated to the Odoo Village (previously the main entrance to the OXP, featuring partner booths and conference rooms)
• Halls 6 & 7: Partner booths and conference rooms.

All announcements from Odoo Partner Day 2026

Here are the biggest highlights of this year’s Odoo Partner Day:

Odoo reports strong 2025 financial results 

Odoo announced it reached 619M€ in total invoiced sales and 480M€ in annual recurring revenue for 2025. It has also maintained a 57% growth rate over the past decade and expanded its global workforce to 6,800 employees.

Odoo Claude AI integration is in development 

Odoo confirmed it is currently working on integrating the Claude AI model directly into Odoo.sh.

Odoo reveals key traits of fastest-growing partners 

Odoo collected data to map out what makes their most successful partners. Based on their findings, the fastest-growing Odoo Partners prioritise deploying a fast initial product to deliver immediate results. Top partners also have experts with deep industry knowledge, consistently challenge their clients, and collaborate closely with Odoo's internal teams.

Odoo shares regional growth stats in Europe

New customer data for the first quarter of 2026 revealed strong performance across most European regions. 

• The high performers: Belgium led the pack with a massive 70% increase, followed closely by the Baltics at 68% and Germany & Austria at 66%
• The mid-tier growers: Stable growth was seen across the Netherlands (49%), the Nordics (48 %), Luxembourg (41%), Switzerland (39%), Central & Eastern EU (37%), Spain (36%), France (29%), and Italy (25%)
• The WIPs: The UK and Ireland underperformed with just 7% growth, and Southern Europe experienced an -11% decline.

Odoo partners with Partena Professional for integrated payroll in Belgium

Odoo is disrupting the Belgian HR market by natively integrating Partena Professional’s payroll capabilities. Designed for large customers processing hundreds of thousands of payslips, the service goes live on January 1, 2027. 

Odoo France to open dedicated Lyon office on June 1st 2026

 Odoo is officially opening a new office in Lyon on June 1. To meet high market expectations and prepare for French e-invoicing mandates arriving in September 2026, the company plans to recruit 80 new local employees by the end of the year.

US price increase yields positive results despite initial backlash

Although it caused a stir in the community, Odoo’s recent 30% price increase for the US custom plan had no negative impact on customer conversion rates. Odoo reports that the strategic change successfully improved its mid-market positioning while claiming it remains the best value for money in the region.

Community talk

All the hot topics and discussions Odoo users are buzzing about this month. 

Odoo leads AI model training with its open-source code, but at what cost?

Odoo CEO Fabien Pinckaers shared on LinkedIn that 2% of all open-source code in Python is Odoo-related.  

He described this as an unfair advantage in the AI ERP race, as LLMs are already being well-trained on Odoo’s data.

Many users agreed that this representation in AI training data gives Odoo a serious edge. Odoo experts noted that AI models already understand Odoo's architecture and logic. 

One user even shared that their connector integration almost wrote itself as the AI already knew Odoo’s underlying structures. 

However, several commenters also raised concerns about the quality of that training data. They pointed out that a high volume of code does not guarantee high quality.

Since AI models can still provide bad development advice based on outdated code, developers must carefully supervise the output.

Others warned that making AI development this easy could backfire on Odoo's strategy.  One user noted it risks "fragmenting the business model" if developers use AI to create custom Odoo-based solutions and "only ping Odoo core when they absolutely have to". 

This could allow companies to easily bypass the paid Enterprise version entirely. This could threaten the integrated ERP philosophy that Odoo is built on – but always at the cost of a secure system.

News from the ERP world 

Headlines from the ERP world you shouldn’t miss.

Anthropic launches cybersecurity initiative to tackle AI risks

Anthropic has announced Project Glasswing, a new AI cybersecurity initiative in partnership with big tech companies. It was announced shortly after Mythos, their new (and controversial) general-purpose AI model.

Anthropic fears the new model will accelerate cyberattacks; Glasswing is their preemptive strike against that threat.

Project Glasswing allows organisations like Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple to test Anthropic’s Mythos Preview for defensive cybersecurity work. 

Tests showed that Mythos can find and exploit vulnerabilities at a level that surpasses most human experts. 

It has already identified thousands of major vulnerabilities in operating systems and web browsers. In some tests, Mythos even autonomously combined multiple small discrepancies to break out of secure systems.

Anthropic is withholding a general release to prevent the model's advanced capabilities from being weaponised. 

Instead, Project Glasswing will focus on giving defenders a head start. Anthropic is committing $100 million in credits and $4 million in donations to help secure critical software infrastructure.

Tech giants announce new wave of mass layoffs to fund AI investments

Mass layoffs are hitting the tech industry once again as companies double down on AI investments. 

Industry leaders like Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta have all cut staff to prioritise AI spending. This shift has seen more than 165,000 tech jobs disappear in the last year alone.

Oracle is the latest to join the trend. Last week, the company cut 30,000 workers - 18% of its staff - to help pay for a massive $156bn investment plan. The spending is tied to a $553bn backlog of AI contracts, including a $30bn-a-year deal with OpenAI.

While executives claim AI is boosting productivity, many experts believe companies are "AI-washing" these layoffs. They argue the tech is being used as a convenient excuse to cut costs, fix struggling business models, or trim the "over-hiring" that happened during the pandemic.

The strategy has seen mixed results on the stock market. Oracle’s shares initially jumped 7.5% after the news, but the spike was short-lived as investors began to worry about the risks involved.

Ultimately, the tech industry is sacrificing its workers to pay for its "AI debt." But gambling human talent for AI tools that aren't yet ready to replace them could put these companies' core businesses at risk.

Atlassian launches AI agents to turn data into visuals and apps

Atlassian, the software giant behind tools like Jira and Confluence, is introducing new AI features designed to transform raw data into working prototypes and presentations.

The move aims to turn static documents into "the starting point for whatever comes next." The center of this update is Remix, a visual tool now in open beta. It automatically converts information stored in Confluence into charts and graphics, choosing the best format so users never have to leave the app.

The company also introduced three new AI agents that act as connectors to third-party platforms:

• Lovable: Turns product ideas and data into working prototypes
• Replit: Converts technical docs into "starter" apps
• Gamma: Automatically generates slide decks and presentation materials

The rollout follows a wider industry shift. Rather than launching standalone AI platforms, tech firms are increasingly embedding AI agents directly into the software people already use. This follows Atlassian's similar push in February, when it added AI agents to its project management software, Jira.

By removing the "friction" of switching between tools, Atlassian hopes to move beyond document management and into active product creation.

SAP acquires data integration specialist Reltio to strengthen agentic AI 

SAP has announced it will acquire Reltio, a cloud-native data management specialist, to strengthen its Business Data Cloud and agentic AI capabilities.

The move will allow SAP to finally sync and clean data from platforms like Salesforce, Oracle, and Microsoft. 

Currently, if a customer or supplier has data records across different systems, SAP’s AI  Joule cannot access them due to a lack of cross-platform context. 

The acquisition targets one of SAP’s major challenges for agentic AI: most enterprises have data scattered across dozens of different apps like Salesforce or Oracle. 

Reltio’s platform uses AI to automatically scan these fragmented systems, match related files, and merge them into a single master data record within SAP.

The acquisition is a clear bid to fix the low adoption of SAP’s data platform. If SAP can prove its AI can reliably navigate a complex multi-vendor environment, it removes a massive barrier for customers still hesitant to move to the cloud.

Anthropic accidentally leaks its own Claude Code source code

In a major oversight, Anthropic accidentally shared the full source code for its Claude Code CLI tool via its official npm registry.

The leak occurred when version 2.1.88 was published with an unobfuscated source map file, revealing over 512,000 lines of TypeScript across 1,900 files. 

Although Anthropic quickly pulled the package, the code had already been mirrored on GitHub, with one repository gaining over 30,000 stars in a few hours.

The exposed data includes the core engine for LLM API calls, Thinking Mode logic, and internal regex filters used to detect user sentiment. 

While the leak doesn't compromise Anthropic’s underlying AI models or user data, it gives competitors and researchers a transparent look at the tool's inner workings.

Developers are being warned that, although it was leaked and is available on GitHub, the code is not open-source. 

Redistributing or using the leaked logic in other projects remains a direct violation of Anthropic’s licence and may risk legal action.