PANews, June 26 — According to CoinDesk, BlackBerry, once famous for its physical keyboard phones, has quietly transformed into a provider of key software layers for “Physical AI” and robotics ecosystems. Its QNX software framework, dubbed a “never-crash” autonomous machine nervous system, provides chipmakers like Nvidia and AMD with a secure, reliable, deterministic real-time operating system for smart vehicles and warehouse robots. On an earnings call, BlackBerry CEO John Giamatteo said QNX technology features determinism and safety certifications, is extremely difficult to replicate, and that customers trust it in systems where failure is not an option.

BlackBerry’s stock surged nearly 23% on Thursday after the company reported earnings far exceeding expectations and raised its guidance. BlackBerry phones were once favored by governments and enterprises for their security and encryption features; the mathematical and cryptographic principles behind its encryption technology are the same as those of cryptocurrencies. Now the company has evolved that technology into a security solution for AI systems.