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accession: "0001104659-26-098877"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGTI"
cik: "0001838359"
company_name: "Rigetti Computing, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-19T23:16:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-20T10:05:41.492927+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rigetti names David Rivas COO and Andrew Bestwick CTO, new systems delivery org

## Summary
- David Rivas, former CTO, appointed to newly created COO role effective Aug 18, 2026; base salary raised to $440,000.
- Andrew Bestwick, Ph.D., formerly SVP Quantum Systems, appointed CTO effective Aug 18, 2026.
- Company creating dedicated Systems Delivery organization to scale on-premises deployments from 9-qubit Novera to 108-qubit Cepheus systems.
- Rivas to oversee manufacturing, commercial, customer engineering, supply chain; Bestwick to lead processor architecture, chip dev, hardware engineering.
- Both report to CEO Subodh Kulkarni; move aims to boost execution on roadmap and customer support.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-098877
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGTI
- cik: 0001838359
- company_name: Rigetti Computing, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-19T23:16:15+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000110465926098877/0001104659-26-098877-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000110465926098877/tm2623611d1_8k.htm

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