ɹˈɪtʃ ɪn hˈɪstɚɹi, bˈɪɑːt ɐlˈɔŋ wɪð ˌæntɪbˈɛs, lə bˈɑːɹ sˈɜː lˈuːp, vˈælbɑːn, vælˈɔːɹɪs ænd ˈʌðɚ klˈoʊs baɪ kəmjˈuːnᵻɾiz kˈɑːnstɪtˌuːt ðə soʊfˈiəˌæntɪpˈoʊliz tˈɛk pˈɑːɹk wɪð kˈɜːɹəntli mˈoːɹ ðɐn θˈɜːɾi ˈeɪt zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ sˈaɪəntɪsts ænd ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹz ɪn ɐ stɹˈaɪvɪŋ stˈɑːɹtˌʌp kˈʌltʃɚɹ ʌv mˈoːɹ ðɐn tˈuː fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪd kˈʌmpəniz ænd jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾiz.
Rich in history, Biot along with Antibes, Le Bar sur Loup, Valbonne, Vallauris and other close by communities constitute the Sophia-Antipolis tech park with currently more than 38’000 scientists and engineers in a striving start-up culture of more than 2’500 companies and universities.