diff --git a/frontend/src/composables/useNotifications.ts b/frontend/src/composables/useNotifications.ts
index 4aa70fa..1d1b5ff 100644
--- a/frontend/src/composables/useNotifications.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/composables/useNotifications.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { ref, computed } from 'vue'
 import { HubConnectionBuilder, HubConnection, LogLevel } from '@microsoft/signalr'
 import { useAuthStore } from '@/stores/auth'
-import type { AppNotification, FileImportNotification, BankSyncNotification } from '@/types'
+import type { AppNotification, FileImportNotification, BankSyncNotification, AiClassificationNotification } from '@/types'
 
 const notifications = ref<AppNotification[]>([])
 const isConnected = ref(false)
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ function connect() {
     })
   })
 
+  connection.on('AiClassificationComplete', (data: AiClassificationNotification) => {
+    notifications.value.unshift({
+      id: crypto.randomUUID(),
+      type: 'AiClassificationComplete',
+      data,
+      timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+      read: false
+    })
+  })
+
   connection.onclose(() => {
     isConnected.value = false
   })
diff --git a/frontend/src/types/index.ts b/frontend/src/types/index.ts
index d32670f..e342a3e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types/index.ts
@@ -414,10 +414,17 @@ export interface BankSyncNotification {
   status: string
 }
 
+export interface AiClassificationNotification {
+  totalUncategorized: number
+  classified: number
+  skipped: number
+  error?: string
+}
+
 export interface AppNotification {
   id: string
-  type: 'FileImportReady' | 'BankSyncComplete'
-  data: FileImportNotification | BankSyncNotification
+  type: 'FileImportReady' | 'BankSyncComplete' | 'AiClassificationComplete'
+  data: FileImportNotification | BankSyncNotification | AiClassificationNotification
   timestamp: string
   read: boolean
 }
diff --git a/src/Purrse.Api/Controllers/AiCategorizationController.cs b/src/Purrse.Api/Controllers/AiCategorizationController.cs
index 01f2647..90e8de9 100644
--- a/src/Purrse.Api/Controllers/AiCategorizationController.cs
+++ b/src/Purrse.Api/Controllers/AiCategorizationController.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+using System.Threading.Channels;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using Purrse.Api.Services;
 using Purrse.Core.DTOs;
 using Purrse.Core.Interfaces.Services;
 using System.Security.Claims;
@@ -12,9 +14,14 @@ namespace Purrse.Api.Controllers;
 public class AiCategorizationController : ControllerBase
 {
     private readonly IAiCategorizationService _aiService;
+    private readonly Channel<ClassificationJob> _classificationChannel;
     private Guid UserId => Guid.Parse(User.FindFirstValue(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier)!);
 
-    public AiCategorizationController(IAiCategorizationService aiService) => _aiService = aiService;
+    public AiCategorizationController(IAiCategorizationService aiService, Channel<ClassificationJob> classificationChannel)
+    {
+        _aiService = aiService;
+        _classificationChannel = classificationChannel;
+    }
 
     [HttpGet("settings")]
     public async Task<ActionResult<AiCategorizationSettingsResponse>> GetSettings()
@@ -29,6 +36,10 @@ public class AiCategorizationController : ControllerBase
         => Ok(await _aiService.TestConnectionAsync(UserId));
 
     [HttpPost("classify")]
-    public async Task<ActionResult<ClassifyUncategorizedResponse>> ClassifyUncategorized(ClassifyUncategorizedRequest request)
-        => Ok(await _aiService.ClassifyUncategorizedAsync(UserId, request));
+    public async Task<IActionResult> ClassifyUncategorized(ClassifyUncategorizedRequest request)
+    {
+        var job = new ClassificationJob(UserId, request.AccountId, request.StartDate, request.EndDate, request.SearchText, request.Status);
+        await _classificationChannel.Writer.WriteAsync(job);
+        return Accepted(new { message = "Classification job queued" });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Purrse.Api/Program.cs b/src/Purrse.Api/Program.cs
index a04a36c..65c0c44 100644
--- a/src/Purrse.Api/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Purrse.Api/Program.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Channels;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ builder.Services.AddSingleton<PluginService>();
 builder.Services.AddHostedService<ScheduledTransactionProcessor>();
 builder.Services.AddHostedService<FileWatcherService>();
 builder.Services.AddHostedService<BankSyncBackgroundService>();
+builder.Services.AddSingleton(Channel.CreateUnbounded<ClassificationJob>());
+builder.Services.AddHostedService<AiClassificationBackgroundService>();
 
 // SignalR
 builder.Services.AddSignalR();
diff --git a/src/Purrse.Api/Services/AiClassificationBackgroundService.cs b/src/Purrse.Api/Services/AiClassificationBackgroundService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1624c31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Purrse.Api/Services/AiClassificationBackgroundService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+using System.Threading.Channels;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR;
+using Purrse.Api.Hubs;
+using Purrse.Core.DTOs;
+using Purrse.Core.Enums;
+using Purrse.Core.Interfaces.Services;
+
+namespace Purrse.Api.Services;
+
+public record ClassificationJob(
+    Guid UserId,
+    Guid? AccountId,
+    DateTime? StartDate,
+    DateTime? EndDate,
+    string? SearchText,
+    TransactionStatus? Status)
+{
+    public ClassifyUncategorizedRequest ToRequest() =>
+        new(AccountId, StartDate, EndDate, SearchText, Status);
+}
+
+public class AiClassificationBackgroundService : BackgroundService
+{
+    private readonly Channel<ClassificationJob> _channel;
+    private readonly IServiceScopeFactory _scopeFactory;
+    private readonly IHubContext<NotificationHub> _hubContext;
+    private readonly ILogger<AiClassificationBackgroundService> _logger;
+
+    public AiClassificationBackgroundService(
+        Channel<ClassificationJob> channel,
+        IServiceScopeFactory scopeFactory,
+        IHubContext<NotificationHub> hubContext,
+        ILogger<AiClassificationBackgroundService> logger)
+    {
+        _channel = channel;
+        _scopeFactory = scopeFactory;
+        _hubContext = hubContext;
+        _logger = logger;
+    }
+
+    protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
+    {
+        _logger.LogInformation("AI classification background service started");
+
+        await foreach (var job in _channel.Reader.ReadAllAsync(stoppingToken))
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                _logger.LogInformation("Processing AI classification job for user {UserId}", job.UserId);
+
+                using var scope = _scopeFactory.CreateScope();
+                var aiService = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<IAiCategorizationService>();
+                var result = await aiService.ClassifyUncategorizedAsync(job.UserId, job.ToRequest());
+
+                await _hubContext.Clients.Group(job.UserId.ToString())
+                    .SendAsync("AiClassificationComplete", new
+                    {
+                        totalUncategorized = result.TotalUncategorized,
+                        classified = result.Classified,
+                        skipped = result.Skipped
+                    }, stoppingToken);
+
+                _logger.LogInformation(
+                    "AI classification complete for user {UserId}: {Classified}/{Total} classified",
+                    job.UserId, result.Classified, result.TotalUncategorized);
+            }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException) when (stoppingToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "AI classification job failed for user {UserId}", job.UserId);
+
+                try
+                {
+                    await _hubContext.Clients.Group(job.UserId.ToString())
+                        .SendAsync("AiClassificationComplete", new
+                        {
+                            totalUncategorized = 0,
+                            classified = 0,
+                            skipped = 0,
+                            error = ex.Message
+                        }, stoppingToken);
+                }
+                catch (Exception notifyEx)
+                {
+                    _logger.LogWarning(notifyEx, "Failed to send error notification for user {UserId}", job.UserId);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}