---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-273338"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGTI"
cik: "0001838359"
company_name: "Rigetti Computing, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T21:54:09.378908+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rigetti founder Chad Rigetti to step down as CEO; board initiates search

## Summary
- Dr. Chad Rigetti will transition from President and CEO to focus on advancing products and technology.
- The Company will conduct a search for a successor; Dr. Rigetti remains in role until successor is identified.
- Dr. Rigetti continues to serve as a member of the board of directors.
- Founder led development of first dedicated quantum fab and early quantum computers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-273338
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGTI
- cik: 0001838359
- company_name: Rigetti Computing, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522273338/0001193125-22-273338-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522273338/d407889d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-273338
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-273338.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-273338.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Chad Rigetti changed role as President and Chief Executive Officer at Rigetti Computing, Inc..
  - Action: transitioning from
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On October 31, 2022, Rigetti Computing, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that the Company’s Founder, Dr. Chad Rigetti, will be transitioning from his position as President and Chief Executive Officer to focus on advancing the Company’s products and technology.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522273338/0001193125-22-273338-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.