Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this report to “Rigetti”, the “Company”, “we”, “us”, and “our” refer to Rigetti Computing, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). This includes, without limitation, statements regarding the financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations. These statements constitute projections, forecasts and forward-looking statements, and are not guarantees of performance. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. Any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “goal,” “objective,” “design,” “seek,” “target,” “should,” “could,” “will,” “would” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions.
These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Most of such risks and uncertainties are difficult to predict and many are beyond our control. Discussion of the risks and uncertainties material to our business can be found under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as updated under “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Given such risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. In addition, our goals and objectives are aspirational and are not guarantees or promises that such goals and objectives will be met. Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results and plans could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements.
Also, these forward-looking statements represent our plans, objectives, estimates, expectations, assumptions, and intentions only as of the date of this filing. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, we disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
You should read this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q completely and with the understanding that our actual future results, levels of activity and performance as well as other events and circumstances may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.
Forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may include, for example, statements about:
| ● | our ability to achieve milestones, and/or technological advancements, including with respect to executing on our technology roadmap, including the expectation of releasing a 100+ qubit chiplet-based system with a 99.5% median two-qubit gate fidelity before the end of 2025, and developing practical applications, |
| ● | the potential of quantum computing and estimated market size and market growth including with respect to our long-term business strategies for sales of quantum computers and quantum computing as a service (“Quantum Computing as a Service,” or “QCaaS”), |
| ● | our ability and timeline to monetize our investments in quantum computing, if at all, |
| ● | the success of our partnerships and collaborations, including the recent Collaboration Agreement with Quanta Computer, Inc. (“Quanta”), |
| ● | unfavorable conditions in our industry, the global economy or global supply chain (including any supply chain impacts from future and ongoing military conflicts and wars around the world and sanctions related thereto and trade protections and tariffs), levels of future economic activity, inflation, interest rates and financial and credit market fluctuations, |
| ● | macroeconomic conditions, including global economic and geopolitical conditions, government shutdowns, disruptions to and volatility and uncertainty in the credit and financial markets, uncertainty in levels of future economic activity, inflation and interest rates, |
| ● | our ability to accelerate our development of multiple generations of quantum processors, |
| ● | customer concentration and the risk that a significant portion of our revenue currently depends on contracts with the public sector, |
| ● | the outcome of any legal proceedings that have or may be instituted against us or others, |
| ● | our ability to execute on our business strategy, including monetization of our products, |
| ● | our financial performance, growth rate and market opportunity, |
| ● | our ability to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retain our management and key employees, |
| ● | costs related to operating as a public company, including the additional costs associated with the pending loss of our smaller reporting company (“SRC”) status under the current rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), |
| ● | the time and attention necessary with respect to our increased disclosure and compliance obligations associated with the pending loss of our SRC status under the current rules of the SEC. |
| ● | changes in applicable laws or regulations, including international trade policies and tax legislation, |
| ● | the possibility that we may be adversely affected by other economic, business, or competitive factors, |
| ● | the evolution of the markets in which we compete, |
| ● | our ability to implement our strategic initiatives, expansion plans and continue to innovate our existing products and services, |
| ● | the sufficiency of our cash resources and our ability to raise additional capital when needed and on attractive terms, |
| ● | our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors, |
| ● | our estimates regarding expenses, profitability, future revenue, capital requirements and needs for additional financing, and |
| ● | our ability or decisions to expand or maintain our existing customer base. |
