Spring AI 1.0 is a comprehensive AI engineering solution for the Java ecosystem, designed to integrate state-of-the-art AI models into Spring Boot applications
It supports various AI model types, including image generation, audio transcription, semantic search (embeddings), and chat models
Features include system prompts, conversational memory, tool calling, prompt stuffing, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), and output evaluation for improved AI effectiveness
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) enables agentic workflows and cross-language service integration for complex tasks
Spring AI provides familiar abstractions and dependencies via Spring Initializer, ensuring seamless integration with Spring Boot and convention-over-configuration setup
Google Cloud integration is supported, especially for Gemini models in Vertex AI, requiring proper API, billing, and authentication setup
GraalVM native image support is recommended for reduced RAM usage and faster startup times in production deployments