UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~July~~August 1612, 2025

RIGETTI COMPUTING, INC.

(Exact name of ~~Registrant~~registrant as ~~Specified~~specified in ~~Its Charter~~its charter)

Delaware

001-40140

88-0950636

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

775 Heinz Avenue, Berkeley, California		94710
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(510) 210-5550

(Registrant’s ~~Telephone~~telephone ~~Number~~number, including area code)

N/A

(Former ~~Name~~name or ~~Former~~former ~~Address~~address, if ~~Changed Since~~changed ~~Last~~since ~~Report~~last report.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading ~~Symbol~~symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share	RGTI	The Nasdaq Capital Market
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	RGTIW	The Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company x

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 87.01 ~~Other~~Regulation ~~Events.~~FD Disclosure

On ~~July~~August 1612, 2025, ~~Rigetti Computing, Inc. (~~the “Company”) ~~announced~~posted ~~that~~an itupdated ~~achieved~~corporate ~~its~~presentation ~~mid-year~~on ~~performance~~the ~~milestone~~Company’s ~~of 99~~website.5% To ~~median~~access ~~two-qubit~~the gate*presentation, investors ~~fidelity~~should onvisit ~~its~~the ~~modular~~“Investors” ~~36-qubit~~section ~~system (composed~~ of ~~four 9-qubit chips tiled together), which represents a 2x reduction in median two-qubit gate error rate from~~ the Company’s ~~previous~~website ~~best~~at ~~results on its 84-qubit single chip Ankaa™-3 system~~https://www.rigetti.com.

*The ~~Company~~information furnished ~~implemented~~under CZthis ~~gates,~~Item ~~which~~7.01 ~~are a~~shall ~~commonly~~not ~~used~~be ~~two-qubit~~deemed ~~gate~~“filed” for ~~executing~~purposes ~~quantum~~of ~~circuits~~Section 18 ~~and~~of ~~have~~the ~~equivalent~~Exchange ~~computational~~Act, ~~power~~or otherwise subject to ~~iSWAP~~the ~~gates.~~liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing by the Company with the SEC under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language contained in such filing, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: July 18, 2025	RIGETTI COMPUTING, INC.
Date: August 12, 2025
	By:	/s/ Jeffrey Bertelsen
RIGETTI COMPUTING, INC.
		Jeffrey Bertelsen
By:	/s/ Jeffrey Bertelsen
		Chief Financial Officer
	Jeffrey Bertelsen
	Chief Financial Officer

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