How a Lisbon Startup Helps Speed You Through JFK and Heathrow

While researching video surveillance at a government lab in Lisbon, Miguel Leitmann and Bento Correia saw commercial potential in technologies they were developing. The two founded Vision-Box, which helped create Portugal’s first biometric, chip-equipped passports and, later, electronic kiosks and gate systems using facial recognition that help travelers move quickly through immigration and customs. The company’s e-gates and kiosks are being used at New York’s JFK, London’s Heathrow, and more than 70 other airports. Chief Executive Officer Leitmann discusses the company’s ambitions. —As told to Joao Lima

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