The State of the Art of Spring AI • Josh Long • GOTO 2025

This presentation was recorded for GOTO State of the Art in May 2025. #GOTOcon #GOTO https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/378 Josh Long - Spring Developer Advocate at Pivotal, Java Champion & Author of 6 Books @coffeesoftware RESOURCES https://bsky.app/profile/starbuxman.joshlong.com https://mastodon.online/@starbuxman https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshlong https://twitter.com/Starbuxman https://bootifulpodcast.fm https://joshlong.com https://www.biodrop.io/joshlong https://github.com/gunnarmorling/1brc Links https://start.spring.io https://github.com/joshlong-attic/2025-05-13-goto-state-of-the-art-series ABSTRACT Josh Long demonstrates how Spring AI (GA as of May 2025) enables Java developers to build production-ready AI applications with ease. He addresses common AI challenges including lack of direction, statelessness, inability to interact with external systems, and hallucination through features like system prompts, chat memory, tool calling, and retrieval-augmented generation. The demonstration builds a complete dog adoption application with vector stores, chat memory, and tool calling capabilities, showcasing how Java can be a superior choice for AI workloads compared to other languages. Josh let's you explore the latest-and-greatest in Spring AI to build faster, more scalable, more efficient, more modular, more secure, and more intelligent systems and services. [...] RECOMMENDED BOOKS Josh Long • Reactive Spring • https://amzn.to/49CxQ5k Josh Long, Marten Deinum & Daniel Rubio • Spring 6 Recipes • https://amzn.to/3T78NB1 Thomas Vitale • Cloud Native Spring in Action • https://amzn.to/3kLu1ns Mauricio Salatino • Platform Engineering on Kubernetes • https://amzn.to/3X14qZK Mark Heckler • Spring Boot: Up & Running • https://amzn.to/3c0NK19 Laurentiu Spilca • Spring, Start Here • https://amzn.to/3L6Sv6c https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #SpringAI SpringAIDemo #Java21 #SpringSecurity #GraalVM #ProjectLoom #JavaLoom #postgres #AppCDS #JoshLong #JoshLongMode #Starbuxman #Programming #TodayInTech CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1