4 - Rigetti Computing, Inc. (0001838359) (Issuer)

BERKELEY, Calif., March 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ:RGTI) ("Rigetti" or the "Company"), a pioneer in hybrid quantum-classical computing, and Supernova Partners Acquisition Company II, Ltd. ("Supernova") (NYSE:SNII), a special purpose acquisition company, today announced the completion of their Business Combination (the "Business Combination"). The Business Combination was approved by Supernova's shareholders at Supernova's Extraordinary General Meeting held on February 28, 2022. In connection with the closing, Supernova changed its name to "Rigetti Computing, Inc." Starting this morning, Rigetti's common stock and warrants will trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Supernova Partners Acquisition Company II, Ltd. ("Supernova") (NYSE:SNII), a special purpose acquisition company, today announced that it expects all conditions to be met, including minimum cash proceeds, subject to shareholder approval, to complete its previously announced business combination with Rigetti Holdings, Inc. ("Rigetti"), a pioneer in hybrid quantum-classical computing. Supernova and Rigetti expect to close the business combination on March 2, 2022, subject to final vote of Supernova shareholders on February 28, 2022. The transaction is expected to raise at least $114.24 million from Supernova trust proceeds (after giving effect to preli

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Supernova Partners Acquisition Company II, Ltd. ("Supernova") (NYSE:SNII), a special purpose acquisition company, reminds its shareholders to vote in favor of the previously announced business combination (the "Business Combination") between Supernova and Rigetti Holdings, Inc. ("Rigetti Computing"). The Extraordinary General Meeting will be held virtually via live webcast on February 28, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.  Eastern Time, and can be accessed by visiting https://web.lumiagm.com/242489800. The proxy statement is available at www.sec.gov. Shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 18, 2022 (the "Record Date") will be entitled to vot

Berkeley, CA, Feb. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rigetti Holdings, Inc. ("Rigetti Computing"), a pioneer in hybrid quantum-classical computing systems, today announced Michael Harburn, who previously held the role of Senior Vice President, Fabrication Operations and QPU Engineering at Rigetti, has been appointed Chief Technical Officer. "A key pillar of Rigetti's success is the talent across our technology stack," says Chad Rigetti, CEO and founder of Rigetti Computing. "Michael Harburn has led these teams to accomplish significant milestones and as CTO will continue to oversee and lead the development of our next generation quantum computers." Michael Harburn has more than 25 years' ex

BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rigetti Holdings, Inc. ("Rigetti"), a pioneer in hybrid quantum-classical computing systems, today announced that Chad Rigetti, founder and CEO of Rigetti, will participate in a fireside chat at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California. Management will concurrently host one-on-one conversations with interested investors. Information for the event is as follows.  Presentation Date: Thursday, March 10, 2022 Time: 11:30am – 12:00pm (PT) / 2:30pm-3:00pm (ET) A webcast of the event will be available at the following link:  https://cc.webcasts.com/morg007/030722a_js/?e

BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rigetti Computing ("Rigetti" or the "Company"), a pioneer in hybrid quantum-classical computing, today announced that Chad Rigetti, founder and CEO of Rigetti, will discuss the Company's recent technology and partnership announcements tomorrow, Wednesday, February 23, 2022.  Webcast Information Time: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 8:30 am ET / 5:30 am PT  Speaker: Chad Rigetti, founder and CEO of Rigetti Webcast link: https://kvgo.com/corporate-services/rigetti-business-update-call  An on-demand replay will be available shortly after the conclusion of the presentation through the webcast link.  Commentary Chad Rigetti, foun

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Supernova Partners Acquisition Company II, Ltd. (NYSE:SNII) ("Supernova" or the "Company") announced today that it intends to withdraw its listing of its Class A ordinary shares, warrants and units from the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") and lists its common stock and warrants on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") following, and subject to, the completion of its previously announced business combination and related transactions (the "Proposed Transaction") with Rigetti Holdings, Inc. ("Rigetti"), which is expected to close on or around March 2, 2022 prior to the commencement of trading on that day. In connection with the completion of the P

Berkeley, CA, Feb. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rigetti Holdings, Inc. ("Rigetti"), a pioneer in hybrid quantum-classical computing systems, announced today it has achieved entangling gate fidelities as high as 99.5% on its next-generation chip architecture, crossing what is believed to be a key threshold for commercial quantum computing. The results follow the company's recent announcements on scalability and speed on its production systems, relating to Rigetti's progress toward quantum advantage and fault-tolerant quantum computing. Today's quantum computers are prone to errors, which limit the size and complexity of problems that can be encoded and processed on them. Reducing these er

BERKELEY, Calif. and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ampere Computing and Rigetti Computing today announced a strategic partnership to create hybrid quantum-classical computers designed to unlock a new generation of machine learning applications over the cloud. Quantum computing is emerging as potentially one of the most transformative technologies in the world. It is expected to enable scientists and engineers to address problems of extreme computational complexity in areas like climate change, fusion energy, quantitative finance, drug development, and materials science. In each of these sectors, machine learning is playing a critical role in advancing potential s

BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rigetti Holdings, Inc. ("Rigetti"), a pioneer in hybrid quantum-classical computing, today announced the commercial availability of its 80-qubit quantum system, Aspen-M. The system is available today to the company's direct and distribution customers through Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services (QCS). Rigetti also reported results of system speed tests run on Aspen-M.  "Last year we introduced the world to our proprietary multi-chip technology. We believe our approach to building quantum computers has tremendous advantages, including allowing us to meet the challenges of scaling to systems capable of solving real-world problems," said Rigetti