secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Rigetti Computing, Inc. (RGTI)
CIK:        0001838359
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-004828
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Rigetti receives $8.4M order for 108-qubit quantum computer from India's C-DAC
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- Purchase order valued at $8.4M for a 108-qubit quantum computer installed at C-DAC's Bengaluru center.
- System deployment scheduled for H2 2026; includes Rigetti's chiplet-based architecture for fault-tolerant scaling.
- C-DAC is India's premier R&D organization under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
- Follows September 2025 MoU between Rigetti and C-DAC for co-development of hybrid quantum-classical systems.
- CEO Dr. Subodh Kulkarni cites growing demand for on-premises quantum computers from national governments.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000110465926004828/0001104659-26-004828-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-004828

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