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Rigetti Computing

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Rigetti Computing develops superconducting quantum processors and hybrid quantum-classical systems, offering cloud-based quantum computing services through its platforms.

AI-written profile · not yet reviewed · 16 August 2026

Headquarters
Berkeley, California
Founded
2013
Status
Public
superconducting

Coverage

HPCwire

Rigetti Signs Final Agreement for $100M US Quantum R&D Award

Rigetti Computing announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Rigetti & Co, LLC, has signed a definitive agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce for $100 million in CHIPS Research and Development funding. The award is intended to accelerate Rigetti's superconducting quantum computing R&D.

OutlookPlausible

The funding could accelerate Rigetti's move from single-chip superconducting processors to modular multi-chip systems within the next two years.

superconductingRigetti ComputingU.S. Department of Commerce
Quantum Zeitgeist

Rigetti wins $100M from US government for quantum R&D

Rigetti has been awarded $100 million by the U.S. government. The funding is intended for research and development in superconducting quantum computing. The work will target key challenges in scaling these systems.

OutlookPlausible

The award could let Rigetti prototype a larger modular multi-chip superconducting processor within two years by funding work on packaging, wiring, and control bottlenecks that currently limit qubit counts.

superconductingRigetti ComputingU.S. government
Quantum Computing Report

Rigetti and Purdue University Demonstrate Quantum Preconditioning Framework for Constrained Optimization

Rigetti Computing and Purdue University have published joint research extending Rigetti's quantum preconditioning framework to hard-constrained combinatorial optimization problems. The method uses two-point variable correlations extracted from shallow QAOA circuits to modify the problem's objective function before it is passed to a classical solver.

OutlookPlausible

Within two years, this framework could become a standard preprocessing step in Rigetti's cloud service, letting users submit constrained optimization problems, receive QAOA-derived correlation data, and warm-start commercial classical solvers.

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arXiv quant-ph

One Qubit Can Beat One Bit: Quantum Advantage for Post-Training Quantization

A new arXiv preprint demonstrates that a quantum algorithm requiring only a single qubit can outperform the best known classical algorithm for post-training quantization of neural networks, achieving a provable advantage in terms of accuracy or efficiency.

OutlookPlausible

The algorithm is implemented on existing noisy quantum processors and integrated into cloud-based ML pipelines, enabling AI developers to offload quantization jobs for a measurable improvement in compression quality over purely classical methods within two years.

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