diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
index c8a1e2caf7a..9e66c908252 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Please provide a relevant code snippets to reproduce this bug.
 A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.
 
 **Please complete the following information:**
-- LangChain4j version: e.g. 0.17.0
+- LangChain4j version: e.g. 0.18.0
 - Java version: e.g. 11
 - Spring Boot version (if applicable): e.g. 2.7.13
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index efad4359b71..98985c77b02 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ This can be achieved thanks to:
 
 ## News
 
+26 July:
+- We've added integration with [LocalAI](https://localai.io/). Now, you can use LLMs hosted locally!
+- Added support for [response streaming in AI Services](https://github.com/langchain4j/langchain4j-examples/blob/main/other-examples/src/main/java/ServiceWithStreamingExample.java).
+
 21 July:
 - Now, you can do [text embedding inside your JVM](https://github.com/langchain4j/langchain4j-examples/blob/main/other-examples/src/main/java/InProcessEmbeddingModelExamples.java).
 
@@ -158,24 +162,25 @@ See example [here](https://github.com/langchain4j/langchain4j-examples/blob/main
 
 ## Getting started
 
-1. Add langchain4j dependency to your project:
+1. Add LangChain4j dependency to your project:
     - Maven:
       ```
       <dependency>
           <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>langchain4j</artifactId>
-          <version>0.17.0</version>
+          <version>0.18.0</version>
       </dependency>
       ```
     - Gradle:
       ```
-      implementation 'dev.langchain4j:langchain4j:0.17.0'
+      implementation 'dev.langchain4j:langchain4j:0.18.0'
       ```
 
 2. Import your OpenAI/HuggingFace API key:
     ```java
     String apiKey = System.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY");
     ```
+    You can use the API key "demo" to test OpenAI, which we provide for free.
     [How to gen an API key?](https://github.com/langchain4j/langchain4j#how-to-get-an-api-key)
 
 
@@ -220,6 +225,10 @@ Please note that the library is in active development and:
     - [Chats](https://huggingface.co/docs/api-inference/detailed_parameters#text-generation-task)
     - [Completions](https://huggingface.co/docs/api-inference/detailed_parameters#text-generation-task)
     - [Embeddings](https://huggingface.co/docs/api-inference/detailed_parameters#feature-extraction-task)
+- Integration with [LocalAI](https://localai.io/) for:
+  - Chats (sync + streaming + functions)
+  - Completions (sync + streaming)
+  - Embeddings
 - [Memory for Chats](https://github.com/langchain4j/langchain4j-examples/blob/main/other-examples/src/main/java/ChatMemoryExamples.java)
 - [Chat with Documents](https://github.com/langchain4j/langchain4j-examples/blob/main/other-examples/src/main/java/ChatWithDocumentsExamples.java)
 - Integration with [Pinecone](https://docs.pinecone.io/docs/overview) embedding store
diff --git a/langchain4j-core/pom.xml b/langchain4j-core/pom.xml
index 195d291808c..a34fa7eccdf 100644
--- a/langchain4j-core/pom.xml
+++ b/langchain4j-core/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>langchain4j-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.17.0</version>
+        <version>0.18.0</version>
         <relativePath>../langchain4j-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/langchain4j-embeddings-all-minilm-l6-v2-q/pom.xml b/langchain4j-embeddings-all-minilm-l6-v2-q/pom.xml
index 4bf04c30104..618f038e1f6 100644
--- a/langchain4j-embeddings-all-minilm-l6-v2-q/pom.xml
+++ b/langchain4j-embeddings-all-minilm-l6-v2-q/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>langchain4j-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.17.0</version>
+        <version>0.18.0</version>
         <relativePath>../langchain4j-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>langchain4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>0.17.0</version>
+            <version>0.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>langchain4j-embeddings</artifactId>
-            <version>0.17.0</version>
+            <version>0.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/langchain4j-embeddings-all-minilm-l6-v2/pom.xml b/langchain4j-embeddings-all-minilm-l6-v2/pom.xml
index cddf1effb66..9b78ce36096 100644
--- a/langchain4j-embeddings-all-minilm-l6-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/langchain4j-embeddings-all-minilm-l6-v2/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>langchain4j-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.17.0</version>
+        <version>0.18.0</version>
         <relativePath>../langchain4j-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>langchain4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>0.17.0</version>
+            <version>0.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>langchain4j-embeddings</artifactId>
-            <version>0.17.0</version>
+            <version>0.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/langchain4j-embeddings-e5-small-v2-q/pom.xml b/langchain4j-embeddings-e5-small-v2-q/pom.xml
index a0657e4d6d2..cafb05108ab 100644
--- a/langchain4j-embeddings-e5-small-v2-q/pom.xml
+++ b/langchain4j-embeddings-e5-small-v2-q/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>langchain4j-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.17.0</version>
+        <version>0.18.0</version>
         <relativePath>../langchain4j-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>langchain4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>0.17.0</version>
+            <version>0.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>langchain4j-embeddings</artifactId>
-            <version>0.17.0</version>
+            <version>0.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/langchain4j-embeddings-e5-small-v2/pom.xml b/langchain4j-embeddings-e5-small-v2/pom.xml
index 17802a14ffc..6224ab57722 100644
--- a/langchain4j-embeddings-e5-small-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/langchain4j-embeddings-e5-small-v2/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>langchain4j-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.17.0</version>
+        <version>0.18.0</version>
         <relativePath>../langchain4j-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>langchain4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>0.17.0</version>
+            <version>0.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>langchain4j-embeddings</artifactId>
-            <version>0.17.0</version>
+            <version>0.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/langchain4j-embeddings/pom.xml b/langchain4j-embeddings/pom.xml
index 38345b53691..48bd0b8a0e5 100644
--- a/langchain4j-embeddings/pom.xml
+++ b/langchain4j-embeddings/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>langchain4j-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.17.0</version>
+        <version>0.18.0</version>
         <relativePath>../langchain4j-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>langchain4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>0.17.0</version>
+            <version>0.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/langchain4j-parent/pom.xml b/langchain4j-parent/pom.xml
index 4affd8ef856..900dfba4275 100644
--- a/langchain4j-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/langchain4j-parent/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>langchain4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.17.0</version>
+    <version>0.18.0</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>langchain4j parent POM</name>
diff --git a/langchain4j-pinecone/pom.xml b/langchain4j-pinecone/pom.xml
index b5be8dd2f22..bc63e2b0d4a 100644
--- a/langchain4j-pinecone/pom.xml
+++ b/langchain4j-pinecone/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>langchain4j-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.17.0</version>
+        <version>0.18.0</version>
         <relativePath>../langchain4j-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>langchain4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>0.17.0</version>
+            <version>0.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/langchain4j-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml b/langchain4j-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
index 265650ccd2e..138ef680f7b 100644
--- a/langchain4j-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/langchain4j-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>langchain4j-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.17.0</version>
+        <version>0.18.0</version>
         <relativePath>../langchain4j-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>langchain4j</artifactId>
-            <version>0.17.0</version>
+            <version>0.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/langchain4j/pom.xml b/langchain4j/pom.xml
index e4527cb6373..f730c67ab90 100644
--- a/langchain4j/pom.xml
+++ b/langchain4j/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>langchain4j-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.17.0</version>
+        <version>0.18.0</version>
         <relativePath>../langchain4j-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>langchain4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>0.17.0</version>
+            <version>0.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/langchain4j/src/main/java/dev/langchain4j/model/inprocess/InProcessEmbeddingModel.java b/langchain4j/src/main/java/dev/langchain4j/model/inprocess/InProcessEmbeddingModel.java
index fc216b13da1..2de034c7221 100644
--- a/langchain4j/src/main/java/dev/langchain4j/model/inprocess/InProcessEmbeddingModel.java
+++ b/langchain4j/src/main/java/dev/langchain4j/model/inprocess/InProcessEmbeddingModel.java
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ private static String getMessage(InProcessEmbeddingModelType type) {
                         + "<dependency>\n" +
                         "    <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>\n" +
                         "    <artifactId>langchain4j-embeddings-%s</artifactId>\n" +
-                        "    <version>0.17.0</version>\n" +
+                        "    <version>0.18.0</version>\n" +
                         "</dependency>\n"
                         + "\n"
                         + "Gradle:\n"
-                        + "implementation 'dev.langchain4j:langchain4j-embeddings-%s:0.17.0'\n",
+                        + "implementation 'dev.langchain4j:langchain4j-embeddings-%s:0.18.0'\n",
                 type.name(),
                 type.name().replace("_", "-").toLowerCase(),
                 type.name().replace("_", "-").toLowerCase()
diff --git a/langchain4j/src/main/java/dev/langchain4j/store/embedding/PineconeEmbeddingStore.java b/langchain4j/src/main/java/dev/langchain4j/store/embedding/PineconeEmbeddingStore.java
index f0aaeac6163..2fa1f6809f0 100644
--- a/langchain4j/src/main/java/dev/langchain4j/store/embedding/PineconeEmbeddingStore.java
+++ b/langchain4j/src/main/java/dev/langchain4j/store/embedding/PineconeEmbeddingStore.java
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ private static String getMessage() {
                 + "<dependency>\n" +
                 "    <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>\n" +
                 "    <artifactId>langchain4j-pinecone</artifactId>\n" +
-                "    <version>0.17.0</version>\n" +
+                "    <version>0.18.0</version>\n" +
                 "</dependency>\n\n"
                 + "Gradle:\n"
-                + "implementation 'dev.langchain4j:langchain4j-pinecone:0.17.0'\n";
+                + "implementation 'dev.langchain4j:langchain4j-pinecone:0.18.0'\n";
     }
 
     private static EmbeddingStore<TextSegment> loadDynamically(String implementationClassName, String apiKey, String environment, String projectName, String index, String nameSpace) throws ClassNotFoundException, NoSuchMethodException, InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dc4236faea4..5139f7e31b5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>dev.langchain4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>langchain4j-aggregator</artifactId>
-    <version>0.17.0</version>
+    <version>0.18.0</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <modules>