diff --git a/lib/components/neynar-client-provider.react.js b/lib/components/neynar-client-provider.react.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/components/neynar-client-provider.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// @flow
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import { NeynarClient } from '../utils/neynar-client.js';
+
+type NeynarClientContextType = {
+  +client: NeynarClient,
+};
+
+const NeynarClientContext: React.Context<?NeynarClientContextType> =
+  React.createContext<?NeynarClientContextType>();
+
+type Props = {
+  +apiKey: ?string,
+  +children: React.Node,
+};
+function NeynarClientProvider(props: Props): React.Node {
+  const { apiKey, children } = props;
+
+  const neynarClient = React.useMemo(() => {
+    if (!apiKey) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return new NeynarClient(apiKey);
+  }, [apiKey]);
+
+  const context = React.useMemo(() => {
+    if (!neynarClient) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return {
+      client: neynarClient,
+    };
+  }, [neynarClient]);
+
+  return (
+    <NeynarClientContext.Provider value={context}>
+      {children}
+    </NeynarClientContext.Provider>
+  );
+}
+
+export { NeynarClientContext, NeynarClientProvider };
diff --git a/native/root.react.js b/native/root.react.js
--- a/native/root.react.js
+++ b/native/root.react.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import IntegrityHandler from 'lib/components/integrity-handler.react.js';
 import KeyserverConnectionsHandler from 'lib/components/keyserver-connections-handler.js';
 import { MediaCacheProvider } from 'lib/components/media-cache-provider.react.js';
+import { NeynarClientProvider } from 'lib/components/neynar-client-provider.react.js';
 import PrekeysHandler from 'lib/components/prekeys-handler.react.js';
 import { StaffContextProvider } from 'lib/components/staff-provider.react.js';
 import { IdentitySearchProvider } from 'lib/identity-search/identity-search-context.js';
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@
 import { DarkTheme, LightTheme } from './themes/navigation.js';
 import ThemeHandler from './themes/theme-handler.react.js';
 import { provider } from './utils/ethers-utils.js';
+import { neynarKey } from './utils/neynar-utils.js';
 import { useTunnelbrokerInitMessage } from './utils/tunnelbroker-utils.js';
 
 // Add custom items to expo-dev-menu
@@ -318,42 +320,44 @@
                           >
                             <ActionSheetProvider>
                               <ENSCacheProvider provider={provider}>
-                                <MediaCacheProvider
-                                  persistence={filesystemMediaCache}
-                                >
-                                  <EditUserAvatarProvider>
-                                    <NativeEditThreadAvatarProvider>
-                                      <MarkdownContextProvider>
-                                        <MessageSearchProvider>
-                                          <BottomSheetProvider>
-                                            <RegistrationContextProvider>
-                                              <SQLiteDataHandler />
-                                              <ConnectedStatusBar />
-                                              <ReduxPersistGate
-                                                persistor={getPersistor()}
-                                              >
-                                                {gated}
-                                              </ReduxPersistGate>
-                                              <PersistedStateGate>
-                                                <KeyserverConnectionsHandler
-                                                  socketComponent={Socket}
-                                                  detectUnsupervisedBackgroundRef={
-                                                    detectUnsupervisedBackgroundRef
-                                                  }
-                                                />
-                                                <VersionSupportedChecker />
-                                                <PrekeysHandler />
-                                                <ReportHandler />
-                                                <FarcasterDataHandler />
-                                              </PersistedStateGate>
-                                              {navigation}
-                                            </RegistrationContextProvider>
-                                          </BottomSheetProvider>
-                                        </MessageSearchProvider>
-                                      </MarkdownContextProvider>
-                                    </NativeEditThreadAvatarProvider>
-                                  </EditUserAvatarProvider>
-                                </MediaCacheProvider>
+                                <NeynarClientProvider apiKey={neynarKey}>
+                                  <MediaCacheProvider
+                                    persistence={filesystemMediaCache}
+                                  >
+                                    <EditUserAvatarProvider>
+                                      <NativeEditThreadAvatarProvider>
+                                        <MarkdownContextProvider>
+                                          <MessageSearchProvider>
+                                            <BottomSheetProvider>
+                                              <RegistrationContextProvider>
+                                                <SQLiteDataHandler />
+                                                <ConnectedStatusBar />
+                                                <ReduxPersistGate
+                                                  persistor={getPersistor()}
+                                                >
+                                                  {gated}
+                                                </ReduxPersistGate>
+                                                <PersistedStateGate>
+                                                  <KeyserverConnectionsHandler
+                                                    socketComponent={Socket}
+                                                    detectUnsupervisedBackgroundRef={
+                                                      detectUnsupervisedBackgroundRef
+                                                    }
+                                                  />
+                                                  <VersionSupportedChecker />
+                                                  <PrekeysHandler />
+                                                  <ReportHandler />
+                                                  <FarcasterDataHandler />
+                                                </PersistedStateGate>
+                                                {navigation}
+                                              </RegistrationContextProvider>
+                                            </BottomSheetProvider>
+                                          </MessageSearchProvider>
+                                        </MarkdownContextProvider>
+                                      </NativeEditThreadAvatarProvider>
+                                    </EditUserAvatarProvider>
+                                  </MediaCacheProvider>
+                                </NeynarClientProvider>
                               </ENSCacheProvider>
                             </ActionSheetProvider>
                           </SafeAreaProvider>