Java AI Integration: Building Enterprise LLM Applications with Spring Boot & Ollama

Integrating Large Language Models in Enterprise Java Applications with Spring Boot “ “To build AI, thou must switch to Python.” — Ancient Developer Scrolls (probably) If you’re a Java developer who’s encountered Python-centric AI tutorials and questioned whether to abandon Java, reconsider that approach. Through Spring AI and Ollama, you can now interact with large language models (LLMs) using exclusively Java + Spring Boot—without Python environments or Jupyter Notebooks. This guide demonstrates how to build an enterprise-ready AI application entirely within the Java ecosystem. Core Application Functionality We’ll implement a REST API that: Accepts user prompts via the /chat endpoint …