Rigetti to build 1,000-qubit quantum computers in 2024

Timeline changes

1. May 16, 2022: moved to 2025

   Rigetti pushed its 1,000-qubit and 4,000-qubit systems back by a year, to 2025 and 2027, citing higher costs and supply-chain problems.

   • SiliconANGLE Rigetti's quantum computing roadmap gets pushed back amid supply crunch and higher costs
     Independent coverageMay 16, 2022

     “Quantum computing company Rigetti Computing Inc. revealed today that it's pushing back by a year its plans to deliver on 1,000-qubit and 4,000-qubit systems. The company said in an updated technology roadmap that it will deliver a single-chip 84-qubit machine by next year, before launching a 1,000-qubit system in 2025 and a 4,000-qubit system in 2027.”

Outcome

Outcome sources

• The Quantum Insider Rigetti Lays Off 28 Percent of Staff, Focuses on Narrow Quantum Advantage
  Independent coverageFeb 11, 2023

  “the Company's previously announced roadmap should no longer be referred to or relied upon. Rigetti believes that this revised business plan and technology roadmap will enable it to concentrate its software application development strategy on what the Company believes to be the highest likelihood applications for demonstrating nearer term narrow quantum advantage.”

• The Quantum Insider Rigetti Reports Revenue Dip, Expands Partnerships And R&D Ambitions
  Independent coverageNov 11, 2025

  “The company also updated its long-term roadmap, aiming to build a 150-plus-qubit system by late 2026 with 99.7 percent fidelity, and a 1,000-plus-qubit system by late 2027 reaching 99.8 percent fidelity.”

Source

• TechCrunch Rigetti Computing goes public via SPAC merger
  Independent coverageOct 6, 2021

  “Rigetti also published an updated roadmap, that projects the company will produce 1,000-qubit machines in 2024 and 4,000-qubit ones by 2026. Currently, its systems scale to 80 qubits.”