This meetup is jointly hosted by: https://www.meetup.com/boston-java/ and https://www.meetup.com/nejug1
Since the emergence of Gen AI, it's become obvious that agents will be a big part of our future as both technologists and citizens. Building predictable, safe, manageable, testable agents that integrate with existing enterprise systems is critically important to us all.
In this session, Rod Johnson will show how JVM developers can be central to unlocking the business value of agentic AI, using the Embabel agent framework:
https://github.com/embabel/embabel-agent
Embabel is an innovative framework for Java and Kotlin developers, seamlessly integrated with Spring. Built in Kotlin, it aims not to play catchup with Python frameworks like Crew AI, but to leapfrog them to be the best agent framework, period.
Embabel innovates in several ways. It introduces a planning step that maximizes autonomy while maintaining determinism and safety. It is type safe, ensuring excellent toolability and avoiding errors in prompts. It enables developers to use a rich domain model, defining not just types but behavior exposed to user code and to LLMs as tools.
Read more about the vision; and also the call to action for Java developers in recent Devoxx keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbx1_P7W1DM
Speaker:
Rod Johnson
Rod is a developer, author, investor, and entrepreneur. He has authored several best-selling books on Java EE. He is the creator of the Spring Framework and was cofounder and CEO of SpringSource.
He has served on the board of Elastic, Neo Technologies, Apollo, Lightbend, and several other successful companies. He is presently developing a structured RAG system using Spring and Kotlin.
