Vector’s and QNX Alloy Kore Attracts Mercedes-Benz in Push Toward Accelerating SDV Development

Vector and QNX, a division of BlackBerry
Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB), today unveiled Alloy Kore, a jointly developed
Foundational Vehicle Software Platform engineered to simplify and
accelerate the development of Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs). Designed
to address the growing complexity of modern automotive software
architectures, Alloy Kore offers a robust, scalable, safety-certified software
foundation that enables automakers to innovate faster and with greater
confidence. An Early Access release is now available via different
distributions from Vector or QNX, giving automakers flexibility in how they
adopt and integrate the solution.

Alloy Kore: A Strategic Leap Forward

The integration of base-layer components has long been a major challenge for automakers, often diverting
focus from higher-value software innovations and compounded by the complexity of integrating and optimizing
these foundational elements. OEMs and the industry at large are demanding a standardized approach to core
platform software from trusted suppliers that can address the safety and security requirements of SDV
software and that promises to reduce risk, accelerate delivery, and enable automakers to concentrate on
delivering differentiated value to customers. Alloy Kore is the solution to these challenges. Purpose-built to
tame complexity, the platform combines QNX’s safety-certified operating system and virtualization with
Vector’s safe middleware, to deliver a lightweight, scalable foundation for deploying applications across
vehicle domains. This unified platform reduces software integration overhead, accelerates development and
frees OEMs to focus engineering resources on innovations that truly enhance the in-vehicle experience for
passengers and drivers alike.

Early Access Momentum and OEM Adoption
Select OEMs including Mercedes-Benz are already exploring how to integrate Alloy Kore into their next-
generation SDV architectures, leveraging its modular middleware and safety-certified operating system to
power centralized high-performance control units and enable over-the-air updates across vehicle fleets. This
supports efforts to decouple hardware and software development cycles and accelerate time-to-market for
new digital vehicle applications.

“The complexity of SDV development is growing exponentially, but the solution isn’t to build more – it’s to build
smarter,” said John Wall, President, QNX. “Alloy Kore was built to address that challenge head-on and by
abstracting the foundational complexity of vehicle software, we’re enabling OEMs to focus their engineering
talent on the innovations that truly define their brand – from intelligent driver assistance to personalized in