diff --git a/tensorflow-framework/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/framework/layers/Layer.java b/tensorflow-framework/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/framework/layers/Layer.java
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+++ b/tensorflow-framework/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/framework/layers/Layer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+package org.tensorflow.framework.layers;
+
+import org.tensorflow.DataType;
+import org.tensorflow.Operand;
+import org.tensorflow.op.Ops;
+import org.tensorflow.op.core.Variable;
+import org.tensorflow.tools.Shape;
+import org.tensorflow.types.family.TType;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public abstract class Layer<T extends TType> extends Module<T> implements LayerFunction<T> {
+  private final boolean trainable;
+  private final boolean dynamic;
+  private final DataType<T> dtype;
+
+  public List<Node<T>> inboundNodes;
+  public List<Node<T>> outboundNodes;
+
+  protected boolean built;
+
+  public Layer(Ops tf, String name, boolean trainable, boolean dynamic, DataType<T> dtype) {
+    super(tf, name, dtype);
+    this.trainable = trainable;
+    this.dynamic = dynamic;
+    this.dtype = dtype;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Builds this layer (add layer weights) NOTE: This method MUST set `built` to true
+   *
+   * <p>{@code this.built = true}
+   */
+  public abstract void build(List<Shape> inputShapes);
+
+  public abstract List<Shape> computeOutputShapes(List<Shape> inputShapes);
+
+  protected abstract List<Operand<T>> call(List<Operand<T>> inputs);
+
+  @SafeVarargs
+  public final List<Operand<T>> apply(Operand<T>... inputs) {
+    return apply(Arrays.asList(inputs));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public final List<Operand<T>> apply(List<Operand<T>> inputs) {
+    if (!isBuilt()) throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot call a layer until it is built.");
+
+    if (isDynamic() && tf.scope().env().isGraph())
+      throw new IllegalStateException("Dynamic layers can only be used " + "in eager mode.");
+
+    List<Shape> expectedOutputShapes = computeOutputShapes(getShapes(inputs));
+    List<Operand<T>> outputs = call(inputs);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < inputs.size(); i++) {
+      if (expectedOutputShapes.get(i) != outputs.get(i).asOutput().shape()) {
+        throw new IllegalStateException(
+            "Shape "
+                + outputs.get(i).asOutput().shape()
+                + " at output "
+                + i
+                + "does not "
+                + "match expected shape "
+                + expectedOutputShapes.get(i));
+      }
+    }
+
+    return outputs;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Iterable<Module<T>> getDirectSubmodules() {
+    return Collections::emptyIterator;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a list of all trainable and non-trainable weights (in that order)
+   *
+   * @return all the weights of this layer (concatenation of getTrainableWeights() and
+   *     getNonTrainableWeights())
+   */
+  public List<Variable<T>> getWeights() {
+    List<Variable<T>> weights = getTrainableWeights();
+    weights.addAll(getNonTrainableWeights());
+    return weights;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * List of variables to be included in backpropagation
+   *
+   * @return all trainable weights of this layer
+   */
+  public List<Variable<T>> getTrainableWeights() {
+    return getModuleWeights().stream()
+        .filter(w -> w.trainable)
+        .map(w -> w.variable)
+        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * List of variables to be excluded from backpropagation
+   *
+   * @return all non-trainable weights of this layer
+   */
+  public List<Variable<T>> getNonTrainableWeights() {
+    return getModuleWeights().stream()
+        .filter(w -> !w.trainable)
+        .map(w -> w.variable)
+        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+  }
+
+  private <U extends TType> List<Shape> getShapes(List<Operand<U>> operands) {
+    return operands.stream().map(op -> op.asOutput().shape()).collect(Collectors.toList());
+  }
+
+  public boolean isTrainable() {
+    return trainable;
+  }
+
+  public boolean isDynamic() {
+    return dynamic;
+  }
+
+  public boolean isBuilt() {
+    return built;
+  }
+
+  public DataType<T> getDtype() {
+    return dtype;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tensorflow-framework/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/framework/layers/LayerFunction.java b/tensorflow-framework/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/framework/layers/LayerFunction.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94d5dc4bf59
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+++ b/tensorflow-framework/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/framework/layers/LayerFunction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package org.tensorflow.framework.layers;
+
+import org.tensorflow.Operand;
+import org.tensorflow.types.family.TType;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface LayerFunction<T extends TType>
+    extends Function<List<Operand<T>>, List<Operand<T>>> {
+  List<Operand<T>> apply(List<Operand<T>> inputs);
+}
diff --git a/tensorflow-framework/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/framework/layers/Module.java b/tensorflow-framework/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/framework/layers/Module.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d8938b22e5
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+++ b/tensorflow-framework/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/framework/layers/Module.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package org.tensorflow.framework.layers;
+
+import org.tensorflow.DataType;
+import org.tensorflow.op.Ops;
+import org.tensorflow.op.core.Variable;
+import org.tensorflow.tools.Shape;
+import org.tensorflow.types.family.TType;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
+
+public abstract class Module<T extends TType> {
+  protected final Ops tf;
+  private final String name;
+  private List<ModuleVariable<T>> weights;
+
+  public Module(Ops tf, String name, DataType<T> dtype) {
+    this.tf = tf.withName(name);
+    this.name = name;
+    this.weights = new LinkedList<>();
+  }
+
+  public abstract Iterable<Module<T>> getDirectSubmodules();
+
+  public Iterable<Module<T>> getSubmodules(boolean recurse) {
+    if (!recurse) return getDirectSubmodules();
+
+    List<Module<T>> submodules = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    for (Module<T> module : getDirectSubmodules())
+      module.getSubmodules(true).forEach(submodules::add);
+
+    return submodules;
+  }
+
+  public Variable<T> addWeight(String name, boolean trainable, Shape shape, DataType<T> dtype) {
+    ModuleVariable<T> moduleVariable = new ModuleVariable<>(name, tf.variable(shape, dtype), trainable);
+    this.weights.add(moduleVariable);
+
+    return moduleVariable.variable;
+  }
+
+  List<ModuleVariable<T>> getModuleWeights() {
+    return StreamSupport.stream(getSubmodules(true).spliterator(), false)
+        .flatMap(module -> module.weights.stream())
+        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+  }
+
+  public String getName() {
+    return name;
+  }
+}
+
+class ModuleVariable<T extends TType> {
+  String name;
+  boolean trainable;
+  Variable<T> variable;
+
+  public ModuleVariable(String name, Variable<T> variable, boolean trainable) {
+    this.trainable = trainable;
+    this.variable = variable;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tensorflow-framework/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/framework/layers/Node.java b/tensorflow-framework/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/framework/layers/Node.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c8f0a0d7ef
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+++ b/tensorflow-framework/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/framework/layers/Node.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package org.tensorflow.framework.layers;
+
+import org.tensorflow.Operand;
+import org.tensorflow.types.family.TType;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class Node<T extends TType> {
+  /** The Layer that takes input tensors and turns them into output tensors */
+  private Layer<T> outboundLayer;
+
+  /** The layers from which input tensors originate */
+  private List<Layer<T>> inboundLayers;
+
+  /**
+   * A list of integers, the same length as `inboundLayers`. `nodeIndices[i]` is the origin of
+   * inputTensors[i]
+   */
+  private List<Integer> nodeIndices;
+
+  private Layer<T> layer;
+  private List<Operand<T>> outputs;
+
+  public Node(Layer<T> layer, List<Operand<T>> outputs) {
+    this.layer = layer;
+    this.outputs = outputs;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tensorflow-framework/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/framework/layers/Sequential.java b/tensorflow-framework/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/framework/layers/Sequential.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0bdcc48cff3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tensorflow-framework/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/framework/layers/Sequential.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package org.tensorflow.framework.layers;
+
+import org.tensorflow.DataType;
+import org.tensorflow.Operand;
+import org.tensorflow.op.Ops;
+import org.tensorflow.tools.Shape;
+import org.tensorflow.types.family.TType;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class Sequential<T extends TType> extends Layer<T> {
+  private final List<Layer<T>> layers;
+
+  @SafeVarargs
+  public Sequential(Ops tf, DataType<T> dtype, Layer<T>... layers) {
+    super(tf, "Sequential", true, true, dtype);
+    this.layers = Arrays.asList(layers);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void build(List<Shape> inputShapes) {
+    List<Shape> shapes = inputShapes;
+
+    for (Layer<T> layer : layers) {
+      layer.build(shapes);
+      shapes = layer.computeOutputShapes(shapes);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public List<Shape> computeOutputShapes(List<Shape> inputShapes) {
+    List<Shape> shapes = inputShapes;
+    for (Layer<T> layer : layers) {
+      shapes = layer.computeOutputShapes(shapes);
+    }
+
+    return shapes;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected List<Operand<T>> call(List<Operand<T>> inputs) {
+    List<Operand<T>> outputs = inputs;
+    for (Layer<T> layer : layers) {
+      outputs = layer.call(inputs);
+    }
+
+    return outputs;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Iterable<Module<T>> getDirectSubmodules() {
+    return (List<Module<T>>) (List<?>) layers;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tensorflow-framework/src/test/java/org/tensorflow/framework/layers/LayerTest.java b/tensorflow-framework/src/test/java/org/tensorflow/framework/layers/LayerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..127b10920ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tensorflow-framework/src/test/java/org/tensorflow/framework/layers/LayerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package org.tensorflow.framework.layers;
+
+import org.tensorflow.Operand;
+import org.tensorflow.op.Ops;
+import org.tensorflow.op.core.Variable;
+import org.tensorflow.tools.Shape;
+import org.tensorflow.types.TFloat32;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+class Dense extends Layer<TFloat32> {
+  private final int units;
+  public static Variable<TFloat32> kernel;
+  public static Variable<TFloat32> bias;
+
+  public Dense(Ops tf, int units) {
+    super(tf, "dense", 1, true, false, TFloat32.DTYPE);
+    this.units = units;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void build(List<Shape> inputShapes) {
+    kernel = addWeight("KERNEL", true, inputShapes.get(0), TFloat32.DTYPE);
+    bias = addWeight("BIAS", true, inputShapes.get(0), TFloat32.DTYPE);
+    this.built = true;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public List<Shape> computeOutputShapes(List<Shape> inputShapes) {
+    return Collections.singletonList(inputShapes.get(0).replaceLast(units));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public List<Operand<TFloat32>> call(List<Operand<TFloat32>> inputs) {
+    Operand<TFloat32> input = inputs.get(0);
+    return Collections.singletonList(tf.math.add(tf.linalg.matMul(input, kernel), bias));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Iterable<Module<TFloat32>> getDirectSubmodules() {
+    return Collections::emptyIterator;
+  }
+}
+
+public class LayerTest {}
diff --git a/tensorflow-tools/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/tools/Shape.java b/tensorflow-tools/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/tools/Shape.java
index be2a62a8b1e..3e031499597 100644
--- a/tensorflow-tools/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/tools/Shape.java
+++ b/tensorflow-tools/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/tools/Shape.java
@@ -148,6 +148,30 @@ public Shape prepend(long firstDimension) {
     return Shape.of(newDimensions);
   }
 
+  public boolean isKnown(int i) {
+    return dimensionSizes[i] != -1;
+  }
+
+  public void assertKnown(int i) {
+    if (!isKnown(i)) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException("Dimension " + i + " in shape needs to be known.");
+    }
+  }
+
+  public Shape replaceFirst(long dim) {
+    return replace(0, dim);
+  }
+
+  public Shape replaceLast(long dim) {
+    return replace(dimensionSizes.length - 1, dim);
+  }
+
+  public Shape replace(int i, long dim) {
+    Shape newShape = new Shape(Arrays.copyOf(dimensionSizes, dimensionSizes.length));
+    newShape.dimensionSizes[i] = dim;
+    return newShape;
+  }
+
   private static long computeSize(long[] dimensionSizes) {
     if (dimensionSizes == null) {
       return UNKNOWN_SIZE;