diff --git a/src/moai/bot/main.py b/src/moai/bot/main.py
index 603447b..6c771fe 100644
--- a/src/moai/bot/main.py
+++ b/src/moai/bot/main.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from telegram.ext import Application, ApplicationBuilder
 
 from moai.bot.config import BotConfig
 from moai.bot.handlers import register_handlers
+from moai.core.ai_client import init_ai_client
 from moai.core.database import close_db, create_tables, init_db
 
 # Module-level config reference for post_init callback
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ async def post_init(application: Application) -> None:
     await create_tables()
     logger.info("Database initialized")
 
+    init_ai_client(_config)
+    logger.info("AI client initialized with %s", _config.ai_router)
+
 
 async def post_shutdown(application: Application) -> None:
     """Clean up database on bot shutdown.