Manifesto

Autonomous Gatekeeping. The Manual Era Is Over.

The counter flipped. Everywhere but the gatehouse.

Busy vintage airline check-in counters with passengers and staff.
Self-check-in kiosk replaced the airport counter.
Vintage cinema entrance with manual ticket booths and a marquee.
Cinema self-service replaced manual booths.
Traditional grocery checkout with cashier lanes and customers at the counter.
Grocery self-checkout replaced cashier lanes.

Your gatehouse? A spreadsheet replaced a clipboard. Everything else stayed the same. A human reads an ID. Checks documents. Writes in a log. Makes a call. Waits. 12 minutes admin work wasted per arrival.

The AI guard shift

The 9ID guard displaces the admin work that consumes your guards, so they can focus on their actual work - securing the perimeter.

The AI guard verifies identity at the biological level. It executes the entire arrival workflow—vetting, compliance, entry—without human exception. It enforces rules with 100% consistency.

The outcome

Cost: Displacement of manual labor

Paying for manual administrative work at a security guard's hourly rate is a strategic waste. 9ID replaces expensive human hours with a fixed-cost autonomous agent, reducing security payroll by up to 75%.

Time: Optimization of site velocity

The 12-minute manual check-in is a logistics failure. 9ID collapses the entry workflow into a 20-second autonomous transaction, moving personnel from the perimeter to the job site instantly.

Security: Verification integrity

Human discretion at the gate is a liability. 9ID replaces human error with Multi-Factor Physical Authentication (MFPA) at the edge. This ensures Zero-Trust integrity and 100% audit-readiness, 24/7.

Founders

Roy Jeunen

Co-Founder & CEO

Frederik Keysers

Co-Founder & CPO

Our team

9ID is built by a multidisciplinary team of engineers and security architects. This is the pivotal moment for industrial security. We are here to end the era of manual stagnation for gatehouses, and implement the new autonomous standard.

We don't follow the market. We are the change.

The transition to AI Security is inevitable. You either lead the transition or remain restricted by the manual era.

If you're excited by our mission and values, don't hesitate to reach out or follow us on LinkedIn.

Black and white group photo of the 9ID team in a modern office.