---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-307338"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGTI"
cik: "0001838359"
company_name: "Rigetti Computing, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T03:36:07.012077+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rigetti appoints CEO Kulkarni to board after founder Chad Rigetti's resignation

## Summary
- Dr. Subodh Kulkarni appointed to Board effective Dec 16, 2022, filling vacancy from Chad Rigetti's resignation.
- Kulkarni is President and CEO; not considered independent; will not serve on Board committees.
- He receives no additional director compensation beyond his CEO salary.
- No arrangements or family relationships with other directors or officers disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-307338
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGTI
- cik: 0001838359
- company_name: Rigetti Computing, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522307338/0001193125-22-307338-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522307338/d426904d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-307338.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Subodh Kulkarni was appointed as Director at Rigetti Computing, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 16, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rigetti Computing, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Dr. Subodh Kulkarni to the Board, effective as of December 16, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522307338/0001193125-22-307338-index.htm
- Executive change
  Chad Rigetti resigned as Director at Rigetti Computing, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: the vacancy created by Dr. Chad Rigetti’s previously disclosed resignation from the Board effective as of December 15, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522307338/0001193125-22-307338-index.htm

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