UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 7, 2026
RIGETTI COMPUTING, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-40140 | 88-0950636 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 775 Heinz Avenue, Berkeley, California | 94710 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(510) 210-5550
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share | RGTI | The Nasdaq Capital Market | ||
| Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share | RGTIW | The Nasdaq Capital Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On April 7, 2026, Rigetti Computing, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the general availability of its 108-qubit system, Cepheus-1-108Q. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”) and is hereby incorporated by reference.
The information included in Item 7.01 of this Current Report (including Exhibit 99.1 hereto) is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On April 7, 2026, the Company announced the Cepheus-1-108Q system deployed through the Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services (QCS®) Platform and Amazon Braket is currently performing at a 99.1% median two-qubit gate fidelity with a gate speed of ~60 ns and a 99.9% median single-gate fidelity.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release issued by the Company on April 7, 2026. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: April 7, 2026 | RIGETTI COMPUTING, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Jeffrey Bertelsen | |
| Jeffrey Bertelsen | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||