# BI2 Technologies BI2 Technologies is a Massachusetts-based, venture-capital-backed biometrics company specializing in iris recognition and identity-management systems. Its Inmate Identification and Recognition System (IRIS) maintains a central repository of over 5 million booking records drawn from jails and law-enforcement agencies across 47 states, and its iris-matching technology has been certified by the FBI. The company became a notable federal surveillance contractor through repeat awards from [[ICE]] for field biometric-identification hardware and database access — see [[ICE-BI2 Technologies Iris-Scanning Contract]]. ## See Also - [[ICE]] - [[ICE-BI2 Technologies Iris-Scanning Contract]] (stub — to be expanded; Deal files in /Deals/ reference this entity)