Autonomous driving company Momenta and chipmaker XHeart are building their self-driving platform on BlackBerry QNX’s safety-focused operating system.
The idea is to combine Momenta’s driving software, XHeart’s X7 automotive chip, and QNX’s safety-certified OS into a ready-to-use package for carmakers.
The goal is to help automakers bring autonomous driving features to market faster while still meeting strict safety standards.
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Momenta senior vice president Huan Sun said: “Through our collaboration with QNX and XHeart, we are proud to deliver a production-ready system built to one of the highest global safety benchmarks, empowering automakers to confidently introduce intelligent vehicles to markets everywhere.”
The solution is certified to ISO 26262 ASIL D, the highest automotive safety integrity level in the ISO 26262 standard.
It is applied to vehicle functions whose failure could create life-threatening hazards and requires the most rigorous safety measures, development processes, verification, and validation.
According to the statement, this gives OEMs a “functionally safe foundation for vehicles destined for stringent markets”, including Europe.
XHeart CEO TL Lee added: “Building next-generation autonomous driving requires AI-native silicon. The XHeart X7 SoC, paired with QNX's certified OS and Momenta's algorithms, gives OEMs the performance, safety and scalability required for global markets.”
The agreement follows Momenta's stock market debut, when it began trading on 8 July on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong under the ticker symbol “6880”, raising HK$6.8bn ($867m).
Founded in 2016, Momenta counts General Motors and Tencent Holdings among its backers.
Momenta has earmarked roughly 60% of the net proceeds from the IPO for research and development.
The remainder is to be divided across robotaxi commercialisation and scaled deployment (20%), its mass-produced vehicles business (10%), and working capital and general corporate purposes (10%).
In 2025, Momenta’s revenue rose 82.1% year-on-year to 2.41bn yuan ($354.5m) from 1.32bn yuan in 2024, supported by higher licensing and technical development service revenue.
Earlier this year, QNX and German software company Vector introduced Alloy Kore, a foundational vehicle software platform.
