diff --git a/agents/semantickernel-agents-core/pom.xml b/agents/semantickernel-agents-core/pom.xml
index 9d40d75d..cafee140 100644
--- a/agents/semantickernel-agents-core/pom.xml
+++ b/agents/semantickernel-agents-core/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
@@ -18,6 +19,18 @@
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-builders</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-ai-services</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-exceptions</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aiservices/google/pom.xml b/aiservices/google/pom.xml
index a205a60b..390c3bc1 100644
--- a/aiservices/google/pom.xml
+++ b/aiservices/google/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,22 @@
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-builders</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-ai-services</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-exceptions</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-localization</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
diff --git a/aiservices/huggingface/pom.xml b/aiservices/huggingface/pom.xml
index aaed6aad..4ce69b95 100644
--- a/aiservices/huggingface/pom.xml
+++ b/aiservices/huggingface/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-exceptions</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-ai-services</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
             <artifactId>azure-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/aiservices/openai/pom.xml b/aiservices/openai/pom.xml
index 4a93b679..04b31ca3 100644
--- a/aiservices/openai/pom.xml
+++ b/aiservices/openai/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,30 @@
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-data</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-exceptions</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-ai-services</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-builders</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-textembedding-services</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
             <artifactId>azure-ai-openai</artifactId>
diff --git a/data/semantickernel-data-azureaisearch/pom.xml b/data/semantickernel-data-azureaisearch/pom.xml
index 74dc84bc..038cc038 100644
--- a/data/semantickernel-data-azureaisearch/pom.xml
+++ b/data/semantickernel-data-azureaisearch/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-data</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-exceptions</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
diff --git a/data/semantickernel-data-hsqldb/pom.xml b/data/semantickernel-data-hsqldb/pom.xml
index f755f0f1..42245185 100644
--- a/data/semantickernel-data-hsqldb/pom.xml
+++ b/data/semantickernel-data-hsqldb/pom.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-          <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
-          <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-          <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+        <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <name>Semantic Kernel HLSQLDB connector</name>
     <description>Provides a HLSQLDB connector for the Semantic Kernel</description>
 
-<dependencies>
+    <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-api</artifactId>
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-data-jdbc</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-exceptions</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-data</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-builders</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
diff --git a/data/semantickernel-data-jdbc/pom.xml b/data/semantickernel-data-jdbc/pom.xml
index 592cbbe5..f1e62c6a 100644
--- a/data/semantickernel-data-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/data/semantickernel-data-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-api-data</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-exceptions</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-builders</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/data/semantickernel-data-mysql/pom.xml b/data/semantickernel-data-mysql/pom.xml
index aefd1cd9..899f1f2a 100644
--- a/data/semantickernel-data-mysql/pom.xml
+++ b/data/semantickernel-data-mysql/pom.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-          <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
-          <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-          <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-          <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+        <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <name>Semantic Kernel MySQL connector</name>
     <description>Provides a MySQL connector for the Semantic Kernel</description>
 
-<dependencies>
+    <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-api</artifactId>
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-data-jdbc</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-data</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-exceptions</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-builders</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
diff --git a/data/semantickernel-data-oracle/pom.xml b/data/semantickernel-data-oracle/pom.xml
index 6514ff0b..aa953870 100644
--- a/data/semantickernel-data-oracle/pom.xml
+++ b/data/semantickernel-data-oracle/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,21 @@
     </dependencyManagement>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-data</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-exceptions</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-builders</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-data-jdbc</artifactId>
diff --git a/data/semantickernel-data-postgres/pom.xml b/data/semantickernel-data-postgres/pom.xml
index 73591658..2d01ed81 100644
--- a/data/semantickernel-data-postgres/pom.xml
+++ b/data/semantickernel-data-postgres/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,19 @@
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-data-jdbc</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-exceptions</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-data</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-builders</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
diff --git a/data/semantickernel-data-redis/pom.xml b/data/semantickernel-data-redis/pom.xml
index a8e582eb..4af2dc6a 100644
--- a/data/semantickernel-data-redis/pom.xml
+++ b/data/semantickernel-data-redis/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-data</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-exceptions</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-builders</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/data/semantickernel-data-sqlite/pom.xml b/data/semantickernel-data-sqlite/pom.xml
index c8a747a9..64b4a6db 100644
--- a/data/semantickernel-data-sqlite/pom.xml
+++ b/data/semantickernel-data-sqlite/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-data-jdbc</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-data</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-exceptions</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-builders</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b52f7484..c50eda63 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
         <module>semantickernel-api-builders</module>
         <module>semantickernel-api-textembedding-services</module>
         <module>semantickernel-api-localization</module>
+        <module>semantickernel-api-ai-services</module>
     </modules>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -149,26 +150,31 @@
                 <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
                 <artifactId>semantickernel-api-builders</artifactId>
                 <version>${project.version}</version>
+                <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
                 <artifactId>semantickernel-api-data</artifactId>
                 <version>${project.version}</version>
+                <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
                 <artifactId>semantickernel-api-exceptions</artifactId>
                 <version>${project.version}</version>
+                <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
                 <artifactId>semantickernel-api-localization</artifactId>
                 <version>${project.version}</version>
+                <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
                 <artifactId>semantickernel-api-textembedding-services</artifactId>
                 <version>${project.version}</version>
+                <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel.extensions</groupId>
@@ -180,6 +186,13 @@
                 <artifactId>semantickernel-actionplanner-extension</artifactId>
                 <version>${project.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+                <artifactId>semantickernel-api-ai-services</artifactId>
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
+                <scope>provided</scope>
+            </dependency>
+
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/semantickernel-demos/booking-agent-m365/pom.xml b/samples/semantickernel-demos/booking-agent-m365/pom.xml
index f6f8d2a8..d9fd6eee 100644
--- a/samples/semantickernel-demos/booking-agent-m365/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/semantickernel-demos/booking-agent-m365/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-aiservices-openai</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-builders</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/semantickernel-sample-plugins/semantickernel-text-splitter-plugin/pom.xml b/samples/semantickernel-sample-plugins/semantickernel-text-splitter-plugin/pom.xml
index 10fb9a30..be88deb6 100644
--- a/samples/semantickernel-sample-plugins/semantickernel-text-splitter-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/semantickernel-sample-plugins/semantickernel-text-splitter-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-exceptions</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
diff --git a/semantickernel-api-ai-services/pom.xml b/semantickernel-api-ai-services/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b4d76f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/semantickernel-api-ai-services/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+          <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+          <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
+          <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+    <artifactId>semantickernel-api-ai-services</artifactId>
+    <name>Semantic Kernel AI Services API</name>
+    <description>Defines the public interface for the Semantic Kernel Services</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
+                    <forkCount>1</forkCount>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/semantickernel-api-textembedding-services/src/main/java/com/microsoft/semantickernel/services/AIService.java b/semantickernel-api-ai-services/src/main/java/com/microsoft/semantickernel/services/AIService.java
similarity index 100%
rename from semantickernel-api-textembedding-services/src/main/java/com/microsoft/semantickernel/services/AIService.java
rename to semantickernel-api-ai-services/src/main/java/com/microsoft/semantickernel/services/AIService.java
diff --git a/semantickernel-api-builders/pom.xml b/semantickernel-api-builders/pom.xml
index f48a2297..5bc0e11b 100644
--- a/semantickernel-api-builders/pom.xml
+++ b/semantickernel-api-builders/pom.xml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-          <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
-          <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-          <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+        <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
diff --git a/semantickernel-api-data/pom.xml b/semantickernel-api-data/pom.xml
index 895e70e1..822b7c57 100644
--- a/semantickernel-api-data/pom.xml
+++ b/semantickernel-api-data/pom.xml
@@ -19,14 +19,22 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-api-exceptions</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-api-builders</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-api-textembedding-services</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-ai-services</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
@@ -41,7 +49,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.projectreactor</groupId>
             <artifactId>reactor-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.38</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/semantickernel-api-exceptions/pom.xml b/semantickernel-api-exceptions/pom.xml
index 71d1794b..b459db13 100644
--- a/semantickernel-api-exceptions/pom.xml
+++ b/semantickernel-api-exceptions/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-api-localization</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
diff --git a/semantickernel-api-textembedding-services/pom.xml b/semantickernel-api-textembedding-services/pom.xml
index dbc5fa6a..48a524ed 100644
--- a/semantickernel-api-textembedding-services/pom.xml
+++ b/semantickernel-api-textembedding-services/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.projectreactor</groupId>
             <artifactId>reactor-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.38</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
@@ -29,7 +28,10 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
             <artifactId>spotbugs-annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>${spotbugs.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-ai-services</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/semantickernel-api/pom.xml b/semantickernel-api/pom.xml
index d34e5a17..0911e705 100644
--- a/semantickernel-api/pom.xml
+++ b/semantickernel-api/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@
     <name>Semantic Kernel API</name>
     <description>Defines the public interface for the Semantic Kernel</description>
     <dependencies>
-                <dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-api-data</artifactId>
         </dependency>
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-api-textembedding-services</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-ai-services</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.opentelemetry.instrumentation</groupId>
             <artifactId>opentelemetry-reactor-3.1</artifactId>
@@ -123,6 +128,45 @@
                     <forkCount>1</forkCount>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>unpack-dependencies</id>
+                        <phase>process-resources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <includeArtifactIds>
+                                    semantickernel-api-exceptions,semantickernel-api-builders,semantickernel-api-localization,semantickernel-api-textembedding-services,semantickernel-api-ai-services,semantickernel-api-data
+                            </includeArtifactIds>
+                            <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <descriptors>
+                        <descriptor>src/assembly/custom.xml</descriptor>
+                    </descriptors>
+                    <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>make-assembly</id>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/semantickernel-api/src/assembly/custom.xml b/semantickernel-api/src/assembly/custom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48becfff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/semantickernel-api/src/assembly/custom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2"
+          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.2.xsd">
+    <id>with-exceptions</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>jar</format>
+    </formats>
+    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+    <fileSets>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>${project.build.outputDirectory}</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>${project.build.directory}/lib</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>**/**</include>
+            </includes>
+        </fileSet>
+    </fileSets>
+</assembly>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml b/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml
index 940093a0..990eb433 100644
--- a/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
@@ -252,6 +253,11 @@
                 <version>4.36.0</version>
                 <optional>true</optional>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.projectreactor</groupId>
+                <artifactId>reactor-core</artifactId>
+                <version>3.7.8</version>
+            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/semantickernel-experimental/pom.xml b/semantickernel-experimental/pom.xml
index 98ce0918..538c9498 100644
--- a/semantickernel-experimental/pom.xml
+++ b/semantickernel-experimental/pom.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@
             <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
             <artifactId>semantickernel-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semantickernel-api-builders</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
 
 <!--        Redis-->
         <dependency>