Current Report · Items 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01 · 8-K
Rigetti Computing, Inc.
RGTINASDAQEQUITYCurrent
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements · Regulation FD Disclosure · Other Events
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On August 18, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rigetti Computing, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed David Rivas to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective the same date. Mr.…
Filed Aug 20, 2026Accepted Aug 19, 2026, 7:16 PM EDTCIK 1838359Accession 0001104659-26-098877
Company context
Rigetti is a pioneer in full-stack quantum computing. Rigetti quantum computers are based on superconducting qubits, which are widely believed to be the leading qubit modality given their maturity, clear path to scaling, and fast gate speeds. Rigetti quantum computing systems achieve gate speeds of 50-70 nanoseconds, which is about 10,000 times faster than trapped-ion systems and 100 times faster than neutral-atom systems.
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Item 5.02Item 5.02 - Departure/Election of Directors
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements
of Certain Officers.
On August 18, 2026, the Board of
Directors (the “Board”) of Rigetti Computing, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed David Rivas to the newly
created role of Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective the same date. Mr. Rivas previously served as the
Company’s Chief Technology Officer. In connection with the appointment, the Compensation Committee of the Board increased
Mr. Rivas’ annual base salary to $440,000.
Mr. Rivas, age 65, served as the Company’s
Chief Technology Officer since February 2023, and he previously served as Senior Vice President, Systems and Services at the Company
since March 2019, where he oversaw the engineering and operations of the Company’s Quantum Cloud Services platform.
There is no arrangement or understanding between
Mr. Rivas and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Rivas was selected as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. There
are no related party transactions between the Company and Mr. Rivas reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K and no family
relationships between Mr. Rivas and any of the Company’s directors or officers.
Item 7.01Item 7.01 - Regulation FD Disclosure
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On August 19, 2026, the Company issued a
press release regarding the Company’s leadership changes. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this
Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Current Report”) and is incorporated herein 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 8.01Item 8.01 - Other Events
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On August 18, 2026, the Board appointed Andrew
Bestwick to the role of Chief Technology Officer of the Company, effective the same date. Mr. Bestwick served as the Company’s
Senior Vice President, Quantum Systems since January 2024. Prior to this role, he worked in a variety of technical capacities at
Rigetti beginning in August 2015, including chip fabrication, circuit design, cryo-RF hardware engineering, and system architecture.
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EXHIBIT 99.1
Exhibit 99.1
Rigetti Computing Establishes Dedicated
Systems Delivery Organization to Scale Customer Deployments and Advance Quantum Processor Roadmap
David Rivas appointed to newly created
Chief Operating Officer role; Andrew Bestwick, Ph. D. appointed Chief Technology Officer
BERKELEY, Calif. - August 19,
2026 - Rigetti Computing, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGTI) (“Rigetti”), a pioneer in full-stack quantum computing, today announced
a new operating structure designed to scale deployment of on-premises quantum systems, strengthen end-to-end operational execution, and
further focus its engineering resources on quantum processor development.
Rigetti is establishing a dedicated
Systems Delivery organization and creating the role of Chief Operating Officer to lead manufacturing operations, systems delivery, commercial
functions, and customer-facing engineering. Quantum processor architecture, chip development, and hardware engineering will be consolidated
under the Chief Technology Officer.
The Company has seen increased demand
for customer deployments of on-premises systems, ranging from 9-qubit Novera systems to large-scale 108-qubit Cepheu…
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