Rigetti appoints executives and creates COO role to scale deployments
David Rivas becomes COO leading operations while Andrew Bestwick leads CTO hardware engineering, focusing on scaling systems and advancing the quantum roadmap.
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In short: Rigetti secured a $100 million CHIPS Act award, launched its 108-qubit Cepheus system, and reported its second-quarter 2026 financials.
David Rivas becomes COO leading operations while Andrew Bestwick leads CTO hardware engineering, focusing on scaling systems and advancing the quantum roadmap.
Total revenues were $5.1 million, operating loss $28.1 million, cash at $541.3 million; Rigetti also announced a $100 million U.S. Department of Commerce letter of intent.
The project involves a 9-qubit Novera system and a $5 million NSF grant
A conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET will follow to discuss financial results and business operations.
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