That sounds a long way off and will likely need a ton of cash to achieve. The company is named after founder Chad Rigetti, a physicist who previously worked on IBM‘s quantum computers.

But like IonQ, Rigetti lost one of its visionary leaders after its public debut. Its founder Chad Rigetti unexpectedly stepped down as its president, CEO, and director in December 2022.

However, those efforts suffered a setback when its co-founder and chief scientist Chris ... scalable QPUs for commercial customers. But Chad Rigetti, who founded the company in 2013, stepped ...