Akka

# Akka SDK Documentation > Akka is the agentic systems platform built for Reliability, Risk Control, and Repeatability > at enterprise scale. The only full-stack platform for agentic AI: developer experience, > runtime, and governance in one integrated system. Three barriers stand between AI prototypes and production-grade agentic systems: the Production Gap (frameworks built for demos cannot deliver production durability), Liability (governance failures carry severe legal and financial consequences), and the Specialist Trap (delivery depends on scarce distributed systems experts). Akka solves these across three dimensions: Reliability (99.9999% availability, active-active HA/DR, contractual commitments with indemnities), Risk Control (runtime-embedded governance, policy enforcement, EU AI Act compliance), and Repeatability (golden-path workflows, SDD so anyone who can write requirements can build). Key differentiators: sub-10ms memory (vs ~200ms bolt-on), shared compute model cutting infrastructure costs up to 90%, 18 years and 100,000+ production deployments, 19+ compliance certifications including EU AI Act and ISO 42001. Personas: Builders (Application Developers, AI/ML Engineers, Product Managers), Operators (Platform Engineers, SREs), Governance & Oversight (Compliance Analysts, InfoSec, FinOps). ## About Akka - [What is Akka?](https://doc.akka.io/what-is-akka.html.md): An agentic AI platform for enterprises — build, run, and govern production-grade agentic AI - [Agents](https://doc.akka.io/akka-agents.html.md): Model-backed components with memory, tools, and multi-agent collaboration - [Orchestration](https://doc.akka.io/akka-orchestration.html.md): Durable, multi-step coordination of agents and workflows - [Memory](https://doc.akka.io/akka-memory.html.md): Durable, in-memory, sharded state for agents and entities - [Streaming](https://doc.akka.io/akka-streaming.html.md): Real-time stream processing for event-driven and AI workloads - [Automated Operations](https://doc.akka.io/akka-automated-operations.html.md): Run services with elastic scaling, resilience, and no-downtime updates - [Akka Internals](https://doc.akka.io/akka-internals.html.md): How Akka works under the hood ## Getting Started - [Getting started](https://doc.akka.io/getting-started/index.html.md): Install the Akka plugin, set up your environment, and run your first specification - [Set up your dev env](https://doc.akka.io/getting-started/set-up-dev-env.html.md): Three self-contained setup paths — with an AI harness, without AI, or in a container - [Spec-Driven Development](https://doc.akka.io/sdk/spec-driven-development.html.md): The primary development approach — describe requirements, Akka generates the system - [Spec-first hello agent](https://doc.akka.io/getting-started/spec-your-first-agent.html.md): Build your first agent with spec-driven development - [Code-first hello agent](https://doc.akka.io/getting-started/author-your-first-service.html.md): Build the same agent by hand in Java - [Multi-agent tutorial](https://doc.akka.io/getting-started/planner-agent/index.html.md): Orchestrate multiple agents with a workflow - [RAG chat tutorial](https://doc.akka.io/getting-started/ask-akka-agent/index.html.md): Build a retrieval-augmented chat agent - [Shopping cart tutorial](https://doc.akka.io/getting-started/shopping-cart/index.html.md): Build an event-sourced service with entities and views ## SDK Components - [Components overview](https://doc.akka.io/sdk/components/index.html.md): Introduction to Akka's core building blocks and their usage - [Agents](https://doc.akka.io/sdk/agents.html.md): AI model-backed components with session memory and multi-agent collaboration - [Autonomous Agents](https://doc.akka.io/sdk/autonomous-agents.html.md): Durable model-driven processes with typed tasks and multi-agent coordination - [Workflows](https://doc.akka.io/sdk/workflows.html.md): Long-running, multi-step business processes with compensation - [Event […truncated]