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accession: "0001104659-26-105662"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGTI"
cik: "0001838359"
company_name: "Rigetti Computing, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-08T11:25:18+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-08T11:30:26.086157+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Rigetti signs $100M CHIPS Act deal with U.S. Dept of Commerce; issues 7.74M shares

## Summary
- Up to $100M from U.S. Dept of Commerce under CHIPS Act; initial $43.9M tranche, then $29.9M and $26.2M upon milestones.
- Three R&D projects: miniaturized readout electronics, new cryostat architecture, high-connectivity chip fabrication.
- Company to issue 7,739,938 shares at $12.92/share to Department; minority non-controlling stake.
- CEO Subodh Kulkarni: funding accelerates roadmap to utility-scale quantum computing.
- Agreement runs to earlier of milestone completion or 5th anniversary; subject to compliance and U.S. government IP rights.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-105662
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGTI
- cik: 0001838359
- company_name: Rigetti Computing, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-08T11:25:18+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000110465926105662/0001104659-26-105662-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000110465926105662/tm2624940d1_8k.htm

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