Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
ITEM 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
We are utilizing scaled disclosures for a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information required under this item.
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ITEM 8. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
RIGETTI COMPUTING, INC.
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID # 243 )
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
65
Consolidated Statements of Operations
66
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss
67
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
68
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Stockholders and Board of Directors
Rigetti Computing, Inc.
Berkeley, California
Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Rigetti Computing, Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ BDO USA, P.C.
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2021.
Spokane, Washington
March 4, 2026
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RIGETTI COMPUTING, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
December 31,
December 31,
2025
2024
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
44,851
$
67,674
Available-for-sale investments - short-term
398,660
124,420
Accounts receivable
2,551
2,427
Prepaid expenses
3,186
3,156
Other current assets
5,512
9,081
Total current assets
454,760
206,758
Available-for-sale investments - long-term
146,321
25,068
Property and equipment, net
57,051
44,643
Operating lease right-of-use assets
6,411
7,993
Other assets
2,031
325
Total assets
$
666,574
$
284,787
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
$
3,488
$
1,590
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
5,582
8,005
Current portion of deferred revenue
847
113
Current portion of operating lease liabilities
2,235
2,159
Total current liabilities
12,152
11,867
Deferred revenue, less current portion
698
698
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion
4,932
6,641
Derivative warrant liabilities
102,593
93,095
Earn-out liabilities
—
45,897
Total liabilities
120,375
158,198
Commitments and contingencies (Note 19)
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, par value $ 0.0001 per share, 10,000,000 shares authorized, none outstanding
—
—
Common stock, par value $ 0.0001 per share, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 331,282,895 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2025 and 283,546,871 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2024
33
29
Additional paid-in capital
1,316,126
681,202
Accumulated other comprehensive income
997
105
Accumulated deficit
( 770,957 )
( 554,747 )
Total stockholders’ equity
546,199
126,589
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
666,574
$
284,787
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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RIGETTI COMPUTING, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except for per share data)
Year Ended December 31,
2025
2024
Revenue
$
7,088
$
10,790
Cost of revenue
5,024
5,093
Total gross profit
2,064
5,697
Operating expenses:
Research and development
61,345
49,750
Selling, general and administrative
25,379
24,457
Total operating expenses
86,724
74,207
Loss from operations
( 84,660 )
( 68,510 )
Other income (expense), net
Interest expense
—
( 3,255 )
Interest income
16,561
5,113
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities
( 150,629 )
( 90,168 )
Change in fair value of earn-out liabilities
2,518
( 43,742 )
Loss on extinguishment of debt
—
( 426 )
Total other expense, net
( 131,550 )
( 132,478 )
Net loss before provision for income taxes
( 216,210 )
( 200,988 )
Provision for income taxes
—
—
Net loss
$
( 216,210 )
$
( 200,988 )
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders – basic and diluted
$
( 0.70 )
$
( 1.09 )
Weighted average shares used to compute net loss per share attributable to common stockholders – basic and diluted
309,763
184,666
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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RIGETTI COMPUTING, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(in thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
2025
2024
Net loss
$
( 216,210 )
$
( 200,988 )
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments
( 31 )
( 205 )
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale debt securities
923
66
Total other comprehensive income (loss) before income taxes
892
( 139 )
Income taxes
—
—
Total other comprehensive income (loss) after income taxes
892
( 139 )
Total comprehensive loss
$
( 215,318 )
$
( 201,127 )
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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RIGETTI COMPUTING, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(in thousands)
Accumulated
Additional
Other
Total
Common Stock
Paid-In
Comprehensive
Accumulated
Stockholders’
Shares
Amount
Capital
Income (Loss)
Deficit
Equity
Balance, December 31, 2023
147,066
14
463,089
244
( 353,759 )
109,588
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options
995
1
551
—
—
552
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of common stock warrants
179
—
2
—
—
2
Issuance of common stock upon release of RSUs
6,441
—
—
—
—
—
Proceeds from sale of common stock pursuant to the Common Stock Purchase Agreement - B. Riley
10,057
1
12,837
—
—
12,838
Net proceeds from sale of common stock through At-The-Market ("ATM") Offering
68,809
8
97,492
—
—
97,500
Proceeds from sale of common stock through registered direct offering
50,000
5
95,995
—
—
96,000
Capitalization of deferred costs to equity upon share issuance
—
—
( 1,833 )
—
—
( 1,833 )
Stock-based compensation
—
—
13,069
—
—
13,069
Foreign currency translation loss
—
—
—
( 205 )
—
( 205 )
Change in unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities
—
—
—
66
—
66
Net loss
—
—
—
—
( 200,988 )
( 200,988 )
Balance, December 31, 2024
283,547
$
29
$
681,202
$
105
$
( 554,747 )
$
126,589
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options
2,351
—
1,992
—
—
1,992
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of common stock warrants
4,830
1
191,120
—
—
191,121
Issuance of common stock upon release of RSUs
7,225
—
—
—
—
—
Proceeds from sale of common stock from Quanta private placement transaction
3,020
—
35,000
—
—
35,000
Net proceeds from sale of common stock through ATM Offering
30,310
3
346,716
—
—
346,719
Vesting of Promote Sponsor Vesting Shares
—
—
32,946
—
—
32,946
Vesting of Sponsor Redemption-Based Vesting Shares
—
—
10,433
—
—
10,433
Capitalization of offering costs to equity upon share issuance
—
—
( 888 )
—
—
( 888 )
Stock-based compensation
—
—
17,605
—
—
17,605
Foreign currency translation loss
—
—
—
( 31 )
—
( 31 )
Change in unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities
—
—
—
923
—
923
Net loss
—
—
—
—
( 216,210 )
( 216,210 )
Balance, December 31, 2025
331,283
$
33
$
1,316,126
$
997
$
( 770,957 )
$
546,199
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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RIGETTI COMPUTING, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
2025
2024
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss
$
( 216,210 )
$
( 200,988 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
8,169
6,906
Stock-based compensation
17,605
13,069
Change in fair value of earn-out liabilities
( 2,518 )
43,742
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities
150,629
90,168
Accretion of available-for-sale securities
( 9,918 )
( 3,622 )
Loss on extinguishment of debt
—
426
Amortization of debt issuance costs, commitment fees and accretion of final payment fees
—
844
Non-cash lease expense
1,582
1,909
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable
( 124 )
2,602
Prepaid expenses, other current assets and other assets
( 4,440 )
( 2,434 )
Deferred revenue
734
468
Accounts payable
111
( 1,036 )
Accrued expenses and operating lease liabilities
( 4,163 )
( 2,681 )
Net cash used in operating activities
( 58,543 )
( 50,627 )
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment
( 18,676 )
( 11,098 )
Purchases of available-for-sale securities
( 635,652 )
( 224,764 )
Maturities of available-for-sale securities
251,000
157,500
Net cash used in investing activities
( 403,328 )
( 78,362 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments of principal of notes payable
—
( 23,328 )
Proceeds from sale of common stock through Common Stock Purchase Agreement
—
12,838
Proceeds from sale of common stock through ATM Offerings
346,719
97,500
Proceeds from sale of common stock through registered direct offering
—
96,000
Proceeds from sale of common stock from Quanta private placement transaction
35,000
—
Payments of offering costs
( 888 )
( 1,833 )
Net proceeds (payments) from tax withholdings on sell-to-cover equity award transactions
6,272
( 6,272 )
Proceeds from issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options
1,992
552
Proceeds from issuance of common stock upon exercise of warrants
49,991
2
Net cash provided by financing activities
439,086
175,459
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
( 38 )
( 188 )
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
( 22,823 )
46,282
Cash and cash equivalents – beginning of period
67,674
21,392
Cash and cash equivalents – end of period
$
44,851
$
67,674
Supplemental disclosures of other cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest
$
—
$
2,350
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment recorded in accounts payable
2,254
466
Purchases of property and equipment recorded in accrued expenses
259
150
Non-cash addition to operating lease right-of-use asset and liability
—
2,268
Reclassification of earn-out liabilities to additional paid-in capital for vesting of Sponsor Vesting Shares
43,379
—
Reclassification of derivative liabilities to additional paid-in capital due to exercise of Public Warrants
141,130
—
Unrealized gain on short term investments
923
66
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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RIGETTI COMPUTING, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(1) Description of Business
Rigetti Computing, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company” or “Rigetti”), builds quantum computers and the superconducting quantum processors that power them . The Company sells 9-qubit to 108-qubit quantum computing systems under the Novera™ and Cepheus ™ trade names . Through the Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services (QCS®) platform, the Company’s machines can be integrated into any public, private or hybrid cloud.
The Company is located and headquartered in Berkeley, California. The Company also operates in Fremont, California; London, United Kingdom; Adelaide, Australia; British Columbia, Canada and Mumbai, India. The Company’s revenue is derived primarily from operations in the United States and the United Kingdom.
(2) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
On March 2, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), a merger transaction between Rigetti Holdings, Inc. (“Legacy Rigetti”) and Supernova Partners Acquisition Company II, Ltd. (“SNII”) was completed (the “Business Combination”). In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, the Company changed its name to Rigetti Computing, Inc. and all of SNII Class A ordinary shares and SNII Class B ordinary shares automatically converted into shares of Common Stock, par value $ 0.0001 , of the Company (the “Common Stock”) on a one -for-one basis. The SNII Public Warrants and the SNII Private Warrants became warrants for Common Stock. The Company’s Common Stock and Public Warrants trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbols “RGTI” and “RGTIW,” respectively.
The Company determined that Legacy Rigetti was the accounting acquirer in the Business Combination based on an analysis of the criteria outlined in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 805, Business Combination.
Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the Business Combination was treated as the equivalent of Legacy Rigetti issuing stock for the net assets of SNII, accompanied by a recapitalization. The primary asset acquired from SNII was cash that was assumed at historical costs. Separately, the Company also assumed warrants that were deemed to be derivatives and meet liability classification subject to fair value adjustment measurements upon closing of the Business Combination. No goodwill or other intangible assets were recorded because of the Business Combination. While SNII was the legal acquirer in the Business Combination because Legacy Rigetti was deemed the accounting acquirer, the historical financial statements of Legacy Rigetti became the historical financial statements of the combined company, upon the consummation of the Business Combination.
Risks and Uncertainties
The Company is subject to a number of risks similar to those of other companies of similar size in its industry, including, but not limited to, the need for successful development of products, the potential need for additional capital (or financing) in the future, competition from substitute products and services from larger companies, protection of proprietary technology, patent litigation, dependence on key individuals, and risks associated with changes in information technology.
Based on the Company’s forecasts, the Company believes that its existing cash and cash equivalents and available for sale investments will be sufficient to meet its anticipated operating cash needs for at least the next twelve months from the issuance date of these financial statements based on the Company’s current business plan and expectations and assumptions considering current macroeconomic conditions.
Macroeconomic Conditions
Results of the Company’s operations have varied and may continue to vary based in part on the impact of changes in the domestic or global economy. Negative conditions in the general economy both in the United States and abroad, including conditions resulting from changes in gross domestic product growth, inflation, financial and credit market fluctuations, supply chain constraints, international trade policies including tariffs and export controls, national security interests, pandemics, political turmoil, government shutdowns, natural catastrophes, warfare, and terrorist attacks in the United States or elsewhere, could negatively affect the Company’s business, including progress toward the development of quantum computing by increasing the cost of materials and components and our operating costs. It is not possible at this time to estimate the long-term impact that these and related events could have on the Company’s business, as the impact will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.
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Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Emerging Growth Company
Following the Business Combination, the Company qualifies as an emerging growth company (‘‘EGC’’) as defined in the Jumpstart our Business Startups (‘‘JOBS’’) Act. The JOBS Act permits companies with EGC status to take advantage of an extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards, delaying the adoption of these accounting standards until they apply to private companies. The Company intends to use this extended transition period to enable it to comply with new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until the earlier of the date the Company (i) is no longer an EGC or (ii) affirmatively and irrevocably opts out of the extended transition period provided in the JOBS Act. As a result, the consolidated financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with the new or revised accounting standards as of public company effective dates.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and disclosures. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, as well as reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Such management estimates include, but are not limited to, the fair value of share-based awards, the fair value of derivative warrant liabilities, the fair value of Sponsor Vesting Shares issued in connection with the Business Combination, accrued liabilities and contingencies, depreciation and amortization periods, revenue recognition and accounting for income taxes. Management evaluates its estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis using historical experience and other factors, including the current economic environment and adjusts when facts and circumstances dictate. These estimates are based on information available as of the date of the consolidated financial statements; therefore, actual results could differ from those estimates.
Segments
Our Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), the Chief Executive Officer, manages the Company’s business activities as a single operating and reportable segment at the consolidated level. Accordingly, our CODM uses consolidated net loss to measure segment profit or loss, allocate resources and assess performance. Further, the CODM reviews and utilizes natural expenses such as employee wages and benefits at a consolidated level to manage the Company’s operations and strategic growth initiatives. Other segment items include interest income, changes in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities and earnout liabilities and other operational expenses which are reflected in the consolidated statements of operations.
Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions
The Company’s reporting currency is the US dollar. The functional currencies of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are their respective local currencies (UK pounds sterling, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar and Indian Rupee), which are the monetary unit of account of the principal economic environment in which the Company’s foreign subsidiaries operate. Assets and liabilities of the foreign subsidiaries are translated into US dollars at exchange rates in effect at each period end. Revenues and expenses are translated at average exchange rates in effect during the period. The resulting translation adjustments are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as a component of stockholders’ equity.
Foreign currency transaction gains and losses resulting from or expected to result from transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are recognized in other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations and have not been material for all periods presented.
Comprehensive Loss
Comprehensive loss consists of two components including net loss and total other comprehensive income (loss) after taxes. The Company’s total other comprehensive income (loss) consists of foreign currency translation adjustments that result from consolidation of its foreign subsidiaries and unrealized gains on available-for-sale debt securities.
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Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investment securities with remaining maturities at the date of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents consist of funds maintained in demand deposit accounts, money market accounts and U.S. treasury securities. Cash and cash equivalent balances, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. Cash equivalents are stated at fair value.
Investments
The Company determines the classification of its investment securities at the time of purchase. All investments in fixed income securities with remaining maturities at the date of purchase of more than three months are presently classified as available-for-sale and may be sold in response to changes in interest rates, prepayment risk or other market factors. Investments classified as available for sale are recorded at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets and are classified as short-term or long-term assets based on their maturity date and expectations regarding sales. Fair values are primarily determined using quoted market prices or valuations provided by external investment managers who obtain them from a variety of industry standard data providers.
Unrealized gains and losses on available for sale investments are included as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), until realized. The Company evaluates its investments to assess whether those in an unrealized loss position are other than temporarily impaired. Impairments are considered other than temporary if they are related to a deterioration in credit risk or if it is likely the Company will sell the securities before recovery of the amortized cost basis. Realized gains and losses and declines in value determined to be other than temporary are determined based on the specific identification method and are reported in other income (expense), net in the statements of operations. See Note 4 for further information regarding fair value. For purposes of identifying and measuring impairment, the policy election was made to exclude the applicable accrued interest pertaining to available-for-sale securities from both the fair value and amortized cost basis. Applicable accrued interest, net of the allowance for credit losses (if any) of $ 3.1 million and $ 0.3 million, is recorded in other current assets in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively
Interest income and dividends are recognized in interest income on an accrual basis. Premiums and discounts on debt securities are amortized as an adjustment to interest income over the period to maturity of the related security using the effective interest method.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are recorded at invoice value, net of allowance for credit losses. Unbilled receivables are included in accounts receivable and include amounts that were invoiced subsequent to the period end for which revenue was recognized in advance of the right to invoice. Expected credit losses for uncollectible receivable balances consider both current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts of future conditions. Current conditions considered include predefined aging criteria, as well as specified events that indicate the balance due is not collectible. Reasonable and supportable forecasts used in determining the probability of future collections consider publicly available macroeconomic data and whether future credit losses are expected to differ from historical losses.
The Company is not party to any off-balance sheet arrangements that would require an allowance for credit losses. As of both December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company does not have any allowances for credit losses.
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
Prepaid expenses and other current assets include prepaid software, prepaid insurance, other prepaid expenses and other current assets, all of which are expected to be recognized or realized within the next twelve months.
Deferred Offering Costs
The Company capitalizes certain legal, accounting, and other third-party fees that are directly associated with the issuance of shares under a registration statement filed with the SEC. After consummation of an issuance of shares, costs allocated to equity-classified instruments are recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital. The Company expenses costs allocated to liability-classified instruments.
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Property and Equipment, Net
Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets.
Furniture and information technology hardware (IT Hardware)
3 years
Process equipment
7 years
Quantum computing fridges
3 - 10 years
Leasehold and other improvements
Shorter of the lease-term or estimated useful-life
Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred. Upon disposition, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed and any resulting gain or loss is reflected in other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
Long-lived assets, which consist of property and equipment and operating lease right-of-use assets, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset (asset group) may not be recoverable. When such events or changes in circumstances occur, the Company performs an undiscounted cash flow analysis to determine if an impairment exists and, if so, an impairment loss would be recorded based on the excess of the carrying amount of the asset (asset group) over its fair value.
During each of the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company determined there were triggering events related to expected near term losses and an undiscounted cash flow analysis was performed. Based on the results of this analysis, the Company’s long-lived assets were not impaired and no impairment charges were recorded.
Leases
The Company determines if an arrangement is or contains a lease at inception. Operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. Lease payments consist primarily of the fixed payments under the arrangement. The Company generally uses an incremental borrowing rate estimated based on the information available at the lease commencement date to determine the present value of lease payments unless the implicit rate is readily determinable. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
The Company accounts for lease and non-lease components as a single lease component for office leases. Lease and non-lease components for all other leases are generally accounted for separately. Additionally, the Company does not record leases on the balance sheet that, at the lease commencement date, have a lease term of twelve months or less. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use assets, current portion of operating lease liabilities, and operating lease liabilities, less current portion in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
Deferred Financing Costs
The incremental cost, including the fair value of warrants, directly associated with obtaining debt financing is capitalized as deferred financing costs upon the issuance of the debt and amortized over the term of the related debt agreement using the effective-interest method with such amortized amounts included as a component of interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations. Unamortized deferred financing costs are presented on the consolidated balance sheets as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the related debt obligation.
Public and Private Warrants
Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of the Company’s Common Stock at a price of $ 11.50 per share, subject to adjustments, and will expire on March 2, 2027 at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
The Private Warrants do not meet the derivative scope exception and are accounted for as derivative liabilities. Specifically, the Private Warrants contain provisions that cause the settlement amounts to be dependent upon the characteristics of the holder of the warrant which is not an input into the pricing of a fixed-for-fixed option on equity shares. Therefore, the Private Warrants are not considered indexed to the Company’s stock and should be classified as a liability. Since the Private Warrants meet the definition of a derivative, the Company records the Private Warrants as liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet at fair value, with subsequent changes in the fair value recognized in the consolidated statements of operations at each reporting date. The fair value of the Private Warrants are measured using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.
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The Public Warrants also fail to meet the indexation guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 815 , Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”), and are accounted for as liabilities because they include a provision whereby if there is not an e f fective registration statement, the warrant holders have a cap of 0.361 shares of Common Stock per warrant (subject to adjustment), on the issuable number of shares in a cashless exercise. Subsequent to the separate listing and trading of the Public Warrants, their fair value has been measured based on the observable listed trading prices for such warrants.
See Notes 4 and 8 for further information regarding the fair value of the Public and Private Warrants.
Earn-Out Liabilities
The Sponsor subjected the Sponsor Vesting Shares to vesting conditions and forfeiture, with vesting only occurring if thresholds related to the weighted average price of the Company’s Common Stock were met for various specified consecutive day trading periods during the five-year period following the closing of the Business Combination as described in Note 9 (the “Earn-Out Triggering Events”). Any Sponsor Vesting Shares unvested after the fifth anniversary of the closing of the Business Combination were to be forfeited.
The Sponsor Vesting Shares were accounted for as liability classified instruments because the Earn-Out Triggering Events that determined the number of Sponsor Vesting Shares to be earned back by the Sponsor included outcomes that were not solely indexed to the Common Stock of the Company. The aggregate fair value of the Sponsor Vesting Shares on the Closing Date were estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation model. The earn-out liabilities were adjusted to fair value each reporting period using the Monte Carlo simulation model until such time as the Earn-Out Triggering Events were achieved and the Sponsor Vesting Shares became vested.
As of December 31, 2025, all of the Sponsor Vesting Shares were vested and the earn-out liabilities balance was zero . See Note 9 for further information regarding the earn-out liabilities.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers and accounts for certain contract costs in accordance with ASC 340-40, Other Assets and Deferred Costs—Contracts with Customers.
The Company recognizes revenue from contracts with customers by applying the following five-step model:
● Identify the contract with a customer
● Identify the performance obligations in the contract
● Determine the transaction price
● Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract
● Recognize revenue when (or as) performance obligations are satisfied
The Company generates revenue from sales of QPUs, quantum computing systems, custom computing components, QCaaS, development contracts and other services.
Revenue related to the sale of QPUs, quantum computing systems, including Novera™ and Cepheus ™ , and custom quantum computing components is recognized at a point in time when obligations under the terms of the contract are satisfied and control is transferred to the customer, generally upon shipment for sales of QPUs and quantum computing systems, and upon customer acceptance for sales of custom quantum computing components.
Access to Rigetti quantum computing systems can be purchased as a quantum computing subscription, or on a usage basis for a specified quantity of hours. Revenue related to subscription-based access to QCaaS is recognized over time as access to the systems is provided on a ratable basis over the subscription term. This time-based input measure of progress provides a faithful depiction of the transfer of the services because the benefits the customer obtains generally equals the benefit from its access to the systems throughout the subscription term. Revenue related to usage-based access to Rigetti quantum computing systems is recognized over time as the systems are accessed using an output method based on compute credit hours expended. The Company believes this output method provides a faithful depiction of the transfer of the services because the customer has purchased a specified quantity of hours of usage that diminishes each time an hour is expended and therefore each hour of access to the systems is considered a discrete delivery of underlying services in these arrangements. Development contracts are generally multi-year, non-recurring arrangements in which the Company provides professional services regarding practical applications of quantum computing to technology and business problems within the customer’s industry or organization and assists the customer in developing quantum algorithms and applications that will provide commercial value to the customer in areas of business interest. Development contracts are generally invoiced on a time and materials or cost-share basis or as fixed fee arrangements invoiced on a milestone basis.
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Revenue related to development contracts and other services is recognized over time based on hours or costs incurred The Company believes these input measures of progress provide a faithful depiction of the transfer of the services because it closely depicts the Company’s efforts or inputs to the satisfaction of the performance obligation.
When the Company’s contracts with customers contain multiple performance obligations, the transaction price is allocated on a relative standalone selling price basis to each performance obligation. The Company typically determines standalone selling price based on observable selling prices of its products and services. In instances where standalone selling price is not directly observable, standalone selling price is determined using information that may include market conditions and other observable inputs. Standalone selling price is typically established as a range. In situations in which the stated contract price for a performance obligation is outside of the applicable standalone selling price range and has a different pattern of transfer to the customer than the other performance obligations in the contract, the Company will reallocate the total transaction price to each performance obligation based on the relative standalone selling price of each.
The transaction price is the amount of consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring goods and services to the customer. Revenue is recorded based on the transaction price, which includes fixed consideration and estimates of variable consideration. The amount of variable consideration included in the transaction price is constrained and is included only to the extent it is probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved.
The Company’s contracts with customers may include renewal or other options at fixed prices. Determining whether such options are considered distinct performance obligations that provide the customer with a material right and therefore should be accounted for separately requires significant judgment. Judgment is required to determine the standalone selling price for each renewal or other option to determine whether the renewal or other option pricing is reflective of standalone selling price or is reflective of a discount that would provide the customer with a material right. Certain of the Company’s sales contracts for the Novera QPU contain material upgrade rights which have been deferred. The timing of revenue recognition may not align with the right to invoice the customer. The Company records accounts receivable when it has the unconditional right to issue an invoice and receive payment, regardless of whether revenue has been recognized. If revenue has not yet been recognized, a contract liability (deferred revenue) is also recorded. If revenue is recognized in advance of the right to invoice, a contract asset or unbilled receivable is recorded, depending on whether the Company’s right to consideration is considered conditional or unconditional. Unbilled receivables are included within accounts receivable in the consolidated balance sheets.
In instances where the timing of revenue recognition differs from the timing of the right to invoice, the Company has determined that a significant financing component generally does not exist. The primary purpose of the Company’s invoicing terms is to provide customers with simplified and predictable ways of purchasing the products and services and not to receive financing from or provide financing to the customer. Additionally, the Company has elected the practical expedient that permits an entity not to recognize a significant financing component if the time between the transfer of a good or service and payment is one year or less.
Payment terms on invoiced amounts are typically net 30 days. The Company does not offer rights of return for its products and services in the normal course of business, and contracts generally do not include significant service-type warranties that provide any incremental service to the customer beyond providing assurance that the goods and services conform to applicable specifications or customer-specific or subjective acceptance provisions. The Company also excludes from revenue government-assessed and imposed taxes on revenue-generating activities that are invoiced to customers.
Costs of Obtaining and Fulfilling Contracts
The Company has elected to apply the practical expedient to expense contract acquisition costs as incurred when the expected amortization period is one year or less.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue consists of direct and indirect costs associated with providing its QCaaS offerings, sales of QPUs and custom computing components, and development contracts and other services. Cost of revenue includes employee related costs, material costs and an allocation of facility costs, depreciation and amortization associated with the delivery of goods and services to customers.
Research and Development
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development expenses include compensation, employee benefits, stock-based compensation, outside consultant fees, allocation of facility costs, depreciation and amortization, materials and components purchased for research and development.
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Selling, General and Administrative
Selling, general and administrative expenses include compensation, employee benefits, stock-based compensation, professional service fees, allocation of facility costs, depreciation and amortization associated with general selling and administrative overhead activities.
Income Taxes
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is recorded for deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 the Company has recorded a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets. The Company recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if it is more likely than not that those positions will be sustained. Recognized income tax positions are measured at the largest amount that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized. Changes in recognition or measurement are reflected in the period in which the change in judgment occurs. The Company records interest related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in income tax expense.
Net Loss Per Share
Basic net loss per common share is computed by dividing the net loss available to common stockholders (the numerator) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding (the denominator) during the period. Diluted net loss per common share is computed by dividing the net loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares and potential common shares outstanding when the impact is not antidilutive. Potential common shares from stock options, unvested restricted stock units and Common Stock warrants are computed using the treasury stock method. Contingently issuable shares are included in basic net loss per share only when there is no circumstance under which those shares would not be issued. Shares issuable for little or no cash consideration shall be considered outstanding common shares and included in the computations of basic and diluted net loss per share.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company accounts for share-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation . The Company’s share-based compensation awards are all equity-classified and consist of stock options, restricted stock units (“RSU”) and restricted stock awards (“RSA”). Most stock options and RSUs have a service-based vesting condition ranging from 1 to 5 years . Some stock options and RSUs include both a market-based and service-based vesting condition. RSAs are fully vested on the date of grant. The Company occasionally issues awards that might have different vesting conditions.
Compensation expense is based on the grant-date fair value of the awards and recognized over the requisite service period using a straight-line method for awards that have a service-based vesting condition. Compensation expense for awards with a market-based vesting condition is recognized over the requisite service period regardless of whether the market condition is met, unless the underlying service requirement is not met. Compensation expense for RSAs is recognized fully on the date of grant. The Company has elected to account for forfeitures of employee stock awards as they occur. The Company intends to issue new shares for all equity based awards.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and trade accounts receivable. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents are placed with high-credit-quality financial institutions, and at times exceed federally insured limits. To date, the Company has not experienced any credit loss relating to its cash and cash equivalents.
Fair Value Measurements
The Company reports all financial assets and liabilities and nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the consolidated financial statements on a recurring basis. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The authoritative guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to measurements involving significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
Level 1—Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.
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Level 2—Inputs are observable, unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, unadjusted quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the related assets or liabilities.
Level 3—Inputs are unobservable for the asset or liability.
The level in the fair value hierarchy within which a fair value measurement in its entirety falls is based on the lowest-level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2022, the Financial Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2022-03- Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): “Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions”. The FASB issued this update (1) to clarify the guidance in Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, when measuring the fair value of an equity security subject to contractual restrictions that prohibit the sale of an equity security, (2) to amend a related illustrative example, and (3) to introduce new disclosure requirements for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions that are measured at fair value in accordance with Topic 820. ASU 2022-03 was effective for the Company for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company determined that the adoption of this standard did not have an impact on the consolidated financial statements.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes – Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” requiring enhancements and further transparency to certain income tax disclosures, most notably the tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 was effective for the Company for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 on a prospective basis. Retrospective application was also permitted. The Company adopted this standard on a prospective basis. As a result, the adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures: Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses,” which requires disclosure of disaggregated information about specific categories underlying certain income statement expense line items in the footnotes to the financial statements for both annual and interim periods. ASU 2024-03 is effective for the Company for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is still evaluating the impact of this pronouncement on the consolidated financial statements.
In May 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-04, “Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718) and Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Clarifications to Share-Based Consideration Payable to a Customer,” which provides clarifying guidance on the accounting for share-based consideration payable to a customer. ASU 2025-04 is effective for the Company for annual periods beginning after December 31, 2026. Early adoption is permitted using either a full retrospective or modified retrospective transition method. The Company is still evaluating the impact of this pronouncement on the consolidated financial statements.
In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05 “Financial Statements – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets,” which provides practical expedients for current accounts receivable and current contract assets arising from transactions accounted for under Topic 606 (revenue from contracts with customers). ASU 2025-05 is effective for the Company for the interim and annual periods beginning after December 31, 2025. Early adoption is permitted using either a full retrospective or modified retrospective transition method. The Company does not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-10, “Accounting for Government Grants Received by Business Entities,” to establish guidance on the recognition, measurement, and presentation of government grants received by business entities. The new guidance leverages the principles in the accounting framework for government assistance in the International Financial Reporting Standards, specifically International Accounting Standard No. 20, “Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance,” makes certain targeted improvements and modifies certain of the existing disclosure requirements in ASU 832, “Government Assistance”. ASU 2025-10 is effective for public business entities in annual periods beginning after December 31, 2028 (including interim periods within) and one year later for all other entities with early adoption in any period for which financial statements have not been issued. The guidance can be applied on a modified prospective basis, a modified retrospective basis, or a full retrospective basis. The Company is still evaluating the impact of this pronouncement on the consolidated financial statements.
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(3) Investments
All investments in fixed income securities are classified as cash equivalents or available-for-sale in the consolidated balance sheets based on the underlying maturity date of each investment. Fixed income securities are recorded at their estimated fair value. The amortized cost, gross unrealized holding gains and losses included in other comprehensive income (loss) and the fair value of the fixed income securities as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, are presented in the tables below (in thousands):
December 31, 2025
Amortized
Unrealized
Unrealized
Fair
Cost
Gains
Losses
Value
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds
$
38,721
$
—
$
—
$
38,721
Cash equivalents
$
38,721
$
—
$
—
$
38,721
Available-for-sale investments-short-term:
U.S. treasury securities
$
397,908
$
752
$
—
$
398,660
Available-for-sale investments – short-term
$
397,908
$
752
$
—
$
398,660
Available-for-sale investments-long-term:
U.S. treasury securities
$
146,073
$
248
$
—
$
146,321
Available-for-sale investments – long-term
$
146,073
$
248
$
—
$
146,321
December 31, 2024
Amortized
Unrealized
Unrealized
Fair
Cost
Gains
Losses
Value
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds
$
29,806
$
—
$
—
$
29,806
U.S. treasury security
24,835
—
—
24,835
Cash equivalents
$
54,641
$
—
$
—
$
54,641
Available-for-sale investments-short-term:
U.S. treasury securities
$
124,352
$
69
$
( 1 )
$
124,420
Available-for-sale investments – short-term
$
124,352
$
69
$
( 1 )
$
124,420
Available-for-sale investments-long-term:
U.S. treasury security
$
25,059
$
9
$
—
$
25,068
Available-for-sale investments – long-term
$
25,059
$
9
$
—
$
25,068
The Company invests in highly rated investment grade debt securities. As of December 31, 2025, all of the Company’s available-for-sale securities have final maturities of one year or less, except for four U.S. treasury securities classified as long-term with final maturities extending through May 15, 2027. The Company reviews the individual securities that have unrealized losses on a regular basis. The Company evaluates whether it has the intention to sell any of these investments and whether it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell any of them before recovery of the amortized cost basis. The Company additionally evaluates whether the decline in fair value of the securities below their amortized cost basis is related to credit losses or other factors.
None of the Company’s available-for-sale securities were in an unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2025. With respect to its available-for-sale securities in an unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2024, the Company determined that it would not need to sell any of them prior to recovery of the amortized cost basis. The Company also determined that the unrealized losses for its available-for-sale securities as of December 31, 2024 were primarily attributable to changes in interest rates and non-credit-related factors. Accordingly, the Company determined that none of the unrealized losses were other-than-temporary, and that recognition of an impairment charge was not required as of December 31, 2024. No available-for-sale securities were sold during the years ended December 31, 2025 or December 31, 2024.
See Note 4 for additional information regarding the fair value of the Company’s investments.
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(4) Fair Value Measurements
The following tables present the fair value hierarchy used to measure the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that are measured as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively (in thousands):
December 31, 2025
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Assets:
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds
$
38,721
$
—
$
—
Short-term investments:
U.S. treasury securities
—
398,660
—
Long-term investments:
U.S. treasury securities
—
146,321
—
Total Assets
$
38,721
$
544,981
$
—
Liabilities:
Derivative warrant liability – Public Warrants
$
85,842
$
—
$
—
Derivative warrant liability – Private Warrants
—
—
16,751
Total Liabilities
$
85,842
$
—
$
16,751
December 31, 2024
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Assets:
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds
$
29,806
$
—
$
—
U.S. treasury security
—
24,835
—
Short-term investments:
U.S. treasury securities
—
124,420
—
Long-term investments:
U.S. treasury security
—
25,068
—
Total Assets
$
29,806
$
174,323
$
—
Liabilities:
Derivative warrant liability – Public Warrants
$
70,265
$
—
$
—
Derivative warrant liability – Private Warrants
—
—
22,830
Earn-out liabilities
—
—
45,897
Total Liabilities
$
70,265
$
—
$
68,727
As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company has recorded the following financial instruments subject to fair value measurements: 1) Derivative warrant liabilities—Public Warrants and Private Warrants, 2) Money Market Funds, 3) U.S. treasury securities and 4) Earn-out liabilities.
The fair value of the Public Warrants and money market funds have been measured based on their observable listed prices, a Level 1 measurement. The fair value of the Company’s Level 2 financial assets are determined by using inputs based on quoted market prices for similar instruments. All other financial instruments are classified as Level 3 instruments as they all include unobservable inputs. The Private Warrants are measured at fair value using a Black Scholes model. The fair value of the Earn-out liabilities as of December 31, 2024 were estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation model. The Company estimated the volatility of its Private Warrants and Earn-out liabilities based on the historical volatility of the Company’s Common Stock.
As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company used the historical volatility of its Common Stock for the applicable valuation models because the implied volatility of the Public Warrants was no longer meaningful due to the rapid increase in the price of the Public Warrants during the fourth quarter of 2024. There were no other changes in fair value measurement techniques during the years ended December 31, 2025 or December 31, 2024.
During the year ended December 31, 2025, the vesting conditions for the Sponsor Redemption-Based Vesting Shares and the Promote Sponsor Vesting Shares (collectively the “Sponsor Vesting Shares” as defined in Note 9 below) were satisfied, and the underlying earn-out liabilities (Refer to Note 9 for Earn-out liabilities) were adjusted to fair value using the closing market price of the Company’s Common Stock on their respective vesting dates.
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The earn-out liability for the Sponsor Redemption-Based Vesting Shares as of their August 14, 2025 vesting date was $ 10.4 million. The earn-out liability for the Promote Sponsor Vesting Shares as of their February 6, 2025 vesting date was $ 32.9 million. The earn-out liabilities for the Sponsor Redemption-Based Vesting Shares and the Promote Sponsor Vesting Shares were recorded to additional paid-in capital on their respective vesting dates. As of December 31, 2025, all of the Sponsor Vesting Shares were vested and the earn-out liabilities balance was zero .
During the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the number of Private Warrants (a Level 3 measurement) converted to Public Warrants (a Level 1 measurement) were 991,428 and 1,280,732 , respectively. As of the date of conversion, the favorable impact of the transfer of the Private Warrants to Public Warrants on the Company’s net loss for the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, was $ 5.8 million and $ 2.4 million, respectively.
There were no transfers in or out of Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy during the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, other than conversion of Private Warrants to Public Warrants and the vesting of the Sponsor Vesting Shares as described above.
A summary of the changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial instruments during the years ended December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):
Derivative
Warrant Liability -
Earn-out
Private Warrants
Liabilities
Balance – December 31, 2024
$
22,830
$
45,897
Change in fair value during the year
8,208
( 2,518 )
Vesting of Sponsor Vesting Shares
—
( 43,379 )
Transfer from Private Warrants to Public Warrants
( 14,287 )
—
Balance – December 31, 2025
$
16,751
$
—
Balance – December 31, 2023
$
1,604
$
2,155
Change in fair value during the year
26,828
43,742
Transfer from Private Warrants to Public Warrants
( 5,602 )
—
Balance – December 31, 2024
$
22,830
$
45,897
(5) Property and Equipment, Net
Property and equipment as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are composed of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
December 31,
2025
2024
Quantum computing fridges
$
58,963
$
42,854
Process equipment
28,404
27,233
Leasehold improvements
10,048
8,868
IT Hardware
4,242
3,558
Construction in progress
2,578
1,339
Furniture and other assets
1,224
1,100
Total property and equipment
105,459
84,952
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization
( 48,408 )
( 40,309 )
Property and equipment - net
$
57,051
$
44,643
As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, 98.33 % and 98.79 %, respectively, of the total gross property and equipment was located in the United States, and 1.67 % and 1.21 %, respectively, of the total gross property and equipment was located in the United Kingdom. Total depreciation and amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024 was $ 8.1 million and $ 6.9 million, respectively .
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(6) Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
December 31,
2025
2024
Utilities
$
2,458
$
2,789
Payroll and other payroll costs
1,451
3,599
Professional and subscription fees
473
430
Subcontractor cost
394
173
Property and other taxes
256
391
Property and equipment
259
150
Others
291
473
$
5,582
$
8,005
( 7) Financing Arrangements
Loan and Security Agreement
On June 21, 2024, (the “Amendment Date”), the Company entered into the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the “Amended Loan Agreement”), by and between Trinity Capital Inc., as lender, and Rigetti & Co, LLC and Rigetti Intermediate LLC, as borrowers, which amended and restated in its entirety the Company’s existing loan and security agreement, dated as of March 10, 2021 (as amended from time to time, the “Existing Loan Agreement”). The outstanding principal balance of the terms loans as of the Amendment Date was $ 16.2 million, and the economic terms and cash flows of the outstanding term loans remained unchanged under the Amended Loan Agreement. Each term loan was to be amortized in equal monthly installments through 48 months following the disbursement date of each term loan, with interest at a rate equal to the greater of 11 % or the US Prime Rate plus 7.50 % per annum, payable monthly.
The Company had the right to prepay the outstanding term loans, in whole or in part, subject to a prepayment premium that remained unchanged from the Existing Loan Agreement. In addition, the Company was required to pay on the respective maturity dates, or the date of an earlier prepayment, a final payment fee equal to 2.75 % of the aggregate original principal amount of the term loans, which remained consistent with the Existing Loan Agreement. The final payment fees were being accreted and amortized into interest expense using the effective interest rate method over the terms of the loans.
On December 9, 2024, the Company prepaid in full all amounts owed under the Amended Loan Agreement. The Company prepaid an aggregate of $ 9.5 million in outstanding principal balance, final payment fees of $ 0.9 million, plus accrued interest and a prepayment premium aggregating $ 0.1 million. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded a $ 0.4 million loss on the prepayment and extinguishment of the outstanding principal balance owed under the Amended Loan Agreement.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded interest expense of $ 3.3 million, which includes accretion of final payment fees, amortization of the underlying commitment fee and amortization of debt issuance costs totaling $ 0.8 million. The effective interest rate for all tranches of the debt was approximately 23.1 % as of December 31, 2024.
( 8) Warrants
Each whole Public Warrant and Private Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Common Stock at a price of $ 11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustment as discussed below. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, a warrant holder may exercise its warrants only for a whole number of shares of Common Stock. The warrants will expire on March 2, 2027 at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
Public Warrants
When the price per share of the Company’s Common Stock equals or exceeds $ 18.00 , the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants in whole and not in part, at a price of $ 0.01 per warrant as follows (except as described herein with respect to the Private Warrants):
● upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; and
● if, and only if, the closing price of the shares of the Company’s Common Stock equals or exceeds $ 18.00 per share on the trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.
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If the foregoing conditions are satisfied and the Company issues a notice of redemption of the warrants, each warrant holder will be entitled to exercise its warrant prior to the scheduled redemption date. Any such exercise would not be done on a “cashless” basis and would require the exercising warrant holder to pay the exercise price in cash for each warrant being exercised. The price of the shares of the Company’s Common Stock may fall below the $ 18.00 redemption trigger price as well as the $ 11.50 warrant exercise price after the redemption notice is issued.
When the price per share of the Company’s Common Stock equals or exceeds $ 10.00 , the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants in whole and not in part, at a price of $ 0.10 per warrant as follows (except as described herein with respect to the Private warrants):
● upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption provided that holders will be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis prior to redemption as described below; and
● if, and only if, the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock equals or exceeds $ 10.00 per share on the trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.
Beginning on the date the notice of redemption is given until the warrants are redeemed or exercised, holders may elect to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis and could potentially receive up to a maximum of 0.361 shares of Common Stock per warrant or a minimum of 0.034 shares of Common Stock per warrant. The number of shares of Common Stock that a warrant holder will ultimately receive upon a cashless exercise in connection with a redemption by the Company, is based on the fair market value of the Company’s Common Stock on the redemption date, determined based on the volume weighted average price of the Company’s Common Stock for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of the warrants, and the number of months that the corresponding redemption date precedes the expiration date of the warrants, as set forth in a table in the warrant agreement.
As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, Public Warrants issued and outstanding were 7,727,912 and 11,082,870 , respectively (Refer to Note 4 for fair value measurement). The Public Warrants are accounted for as a derivative liability. The fair value of the Public Warrants is measured at each reporting period based on the listed price for the warrants, with subsequent changes in the fair value recognized in the consolidated statement of operations at each reporting date.
During the year ended December 31, 2025, a total of 4,346,386 Public Warrants were exercised, each for one share of Common Stock in exchange for cash proceeds of $ 11.50 per share. The proceeds from the warrant exercises totaled $ 50.0 million, and the underlying derivative liabilities for the Public Warrants on their respective exercise dates totaled $ 141.1 million. The proceeds from the warrant exercises and the underlying derivative liabilities for the Public Warrants on their exercise dates were recorded to par value of Common Stock and additional paid-in capital. No Public Warrants were exercised during the year ended December 31, 2024.
The calculated fair value of the derivative liability for the Public Warrants as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, was $ 85.8 million and $ 70.3 million, respectively. The change in the fair value of the Public Warrants included in the consolidated statement of operations during the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 was a loss of $ 142.4 million and a loss of $ 63.3 million, respectively.
Private Warrants
The Private Warrants have terms and provisions identical to those of the Public Warrants, including as to exercise price, exercisability and exercise period, except that if the Private Warrants are held by the initial purchasers, or such purchasers’ permitted transferees, then the Private Warrants are not redeemable by the Company and may be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis. If the Private Warrants are held by someone other the initial purchasers or such purchasers permitted transferees, then the Private warrants become Public Warrants and are redeemable by the company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.
During the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the number of Private Warrants that converted to Public Warrants as a result of transfer from the initial purchaser (or such purchaser’s permitted transferees) to other holders were 991,428 and 1,280,732 , respectively.
As of December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, Private Warrants issued and outstanding were 1,000,674 and 1,992,102 , respectively (Refer to Note 4 for fair value measurement). The Private Warrants are accounted for as a derivative liability. The fair value of the Private Warrants is determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, with subsequent changes in the fair value recognized in the consolidated statements of operations at each reporting date.
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The calculated fair value of the derivative liability for the Private Warrants as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 was $ 16.8 million and $ 22.8 million, respectively. The change in the fair value of the Private Warrants included in the consolidated statements of operations during the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 was a loss of $ 8.2 million and a loss of $ 26.8 million, respectively.
Significant inputs into the Black-Scholes option-pricing models used to value the Private Warrants at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are as follows:
Valuation Assumptions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Stock Price
$
22.15
$
15.26
Strike Price
$
11.50
$
11.50
Volatility (annual) (%)
170.00 %
140.00 %
Risk-free rate (%)
3.45 %
4.21 %
Estimated time to expiration (years)
1.17
2.17
Dividend yield (%)
—
—
Equity Classified Warrants
Series C Preferred Stock Financing Warrants
During 2020, a subsidiary of Legacy Rigetti issued and sold an aggregate of 54.5 million shares of its Series C Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $ 1.15 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $ 56.2 million (the “Series C Preferred Stock Financing”). In conjunction with the Series C Preferred Stock Financing, the Company issued a total of 5,248,183 warrants to purchase Class A Common Stock to the Series C investors (the “Series C Warrants”). The Series C Warrants have a $ 0.01 per share exercise price and a 10-year term to expiration. The Series C Warrants can be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis.
The Company determined that the Series C Warrants met the requirements for equity classification under ASC 480 and ASC 815. The Company estimated the fair value of the Series C Warrants using the Black-Scholes model and allocated approximately $ 1.2 million in proceeds from the Series C Preferred Stock to the value of the Series C Warrants on a relative fair value basis, which was recorded to additional paid in capital.
As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, Series C Warrants issued and outstanding were 315,518 and 793,800 respectively.
Customer Warrant
In February 2020, the Company issued a warrant to purchase shares of its Class A Common Stock to a customer in conjunction with a revenue arrangement (the “Customer Warrant”). The Customer Warrant was assumed by the Company in connection with the Business Combination and converted into a warrant to purchase 2,680,607 shares of its Common Stock. The Customer Warrant has an exercise price of $ 1.152 per share and has a 10 -year term to expiration. The Customer Warrant vests upon the achievement of certain performance conditions (i.e., sales milestones) defined in the agreement, and upon a change of control, either 50 % or 100 % of the then unvested Customer Warrant will become fully vested, dependent on the acquiring party in the change of control transaction. The Customer Warrant can be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis.
The Company followed the guidance in ASC 718 and ASC 606 for the accounting of non-cash consideration payable to a customer. The Company determined that the Customer Warrant met the requirements for equity classification under ASC 718 and measured the Customer Warrant based on its grant date fair value, estimated to be $ 0.2 million. The Company recorded this amount as a deferred asset and additional paid in capital as of the issuance date, as the Company believes it is probable that all performance conditions (i.e., sales milestones) in the Customer Warrant will be met. As of both December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the deferred asset balance outstanding is approximately $ 0.1 million, which will be recognized as a reduction in revenue in future periods.
The vesting status of the Customer Warrant is as follows:
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Vested Customer Warrant shares
1,340,297
1,340,297
Unvested Customer Warrant shares
1,340,310
1,340,310
2,680,607
2,680,607
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(9) Earn-out Liabilities
Upon the closing of the Business Combination on March 2, 2022, SNII, Supernova Partners II LLC (the “Sponsor”) and SNII’s directors and officers (collectively the “Sponsor Holders”) subjected certain shares of Common Stock (the “Sponsor Vesting Shares”) to forfeiture for a five-year period following the closing of the Business Combination, with vesting occurring only if thresholds related to the weighted average price of the Company’s Common Stock were met as described below (the “Earn-out Triggering Events”). Any Sponsor Vesting Shares that were not vested by the fifth anniversary of the closing of the Business Combination were to be forfeited.
Sponsor Vesting Shares – Vesting Provisions:
(i) 2,479,000 shares of Common Stock held by the Sponsor Holders became unvested and subject to forfeiture as of the closing of the Business Combination and will only vest if, during the five year period following the closing of the Business Combination, the volume weighted average price of the Company’s Common Stock equals or exceeds $ 12.50 for any twenty trading days within a period of thirty consecutive trading days (such shares, the “Promote Sponsor Vesting Shares”), and
(ii) 580,273 shares of Common Stock held by the Sponsor Holders became unvested and subject to forfeiture as of the closing of the Business Combination and will only vest if, during the five year period following the closing of the Business Combination, the volume weighted average price of the Company’s Common Stock equals or exceeds $ 15.00 for any twenty trading days within a period of thirty consecutive trading days (such shares, the “Sponsor Redemption-Based Vesting Shares,” and, collectively with the Promote Sponsor Vesting Shares, the “Sponsor Vesting Shares”).
During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Earn-out Triggering Events for each of the Sponsor Redemption-Based Vesting Shares and the Promote Sponsor Vesting Shares were satisfied, and the underlying earn-out liabilities were adjusted to fair value using the closing market price of the Company’s Common Stock on their respective vesting dates. The earn-out liability for the Sponsor Redemption-Based Vesting Shares as of their August 14, 2025 vesting date was $ 10.4 million. The earn-out liability for the Promote Sponsor Vesting Shares as of their February 6, 2025 vesting date was $ 32.9 million. The earn-out liabilities for the Sponsor Redemption-Based Vesting Shares and the Promote Sponsor Vesting Shares were recorded to additional paid-in capital on their respective vesting dates. As of December 31, 2025, all of the Sponsor Vesting Shares were vested and the earn-out liabilities balance was zero .
Prior to vesting, the Earn-out liabilities were adjusted to fair value each reporting period using the Monte Carlo simulation model. The change in the fair value of the Earn-out liabilities included in the consolidated statements of operations during the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 was a gain of $ 2.5 million and a loss of $ 43.7 million, respectively.
The calculated fair value of the Earn-out liabilities with respect to the Sponsor Vesting Shares as of December 31, 2024 was $ 45.9 million. Significant inputs into the Monte Carlo simulation model as of December 31, 2024 were as follows:
Valuation Assumptions
December 31, 2024
Stock price
$
15.26
Simulated trading days
542
Annual volatility (%)
140.00 %
Risk-free rate (%)
4.21 %
Estimated time to expiration (in years)
2.17
(10) Leases
The Company leases facilities for its fab-1, lab and office space, and equipment under various lease agreements with terms extending through 2029. Under the terms of the facility leases the Company bears the costs for certain insurance, property taxes and maintenance, and the lease agreements provide for increasing rental payments at fixed intervals.
On September 24, 2024, the Company entered into a lease amendment for its corporate headquarters located in Berkeley, California which, among other things, extends the lease term by three years to October 31, 2028, sets a new annual rental rate of approximately $ 0.9 million effective as of November 1, 2025 and provides an option to extend the lease for an additional five years .
Rental rates increase at the rate of 3 % per year over the lease term and the five year option period. The Company did not include the five year option as part of its right-of-use assets and lease liabilities because exercise of the option was deemed unlikely.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company remeasured the lease liability for its Berkeley headquarters facility over the remaining lease term of 4.1 years using an incremental borrowing rate of 6.32 %. The effect of the lease amendment increased the Company’s operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities by $ 2.3 million.
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Components of lease costs are as follows (in thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
2025
2024
Operating lease cost
$
2,183
$
2,188
Variable lease cost
179
124
Short-term lease cost
815
872
Total lease cost
$
3,177
$
3,184
Total cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities was $ 2.2 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. During the year ended December 31, 2025, there were no new operating leases with a lease term greater than 12 months. During the year ended December 31, 2024, there were no new operating leases with a lease term greater than 12 months except for the lease amendment for the Berkeley headquarters facility mentioned above.
As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 the weighted-average remaining lease term is approximately 3.46 years and 4.44 years, respectively, and the weighted-average discount rate is 7.68 % and 7.65 %, respectively.
Operating lease liabilities are based on the net present value of the remaining lease payments over the remaining lease term. In determining the net present value of its lease payments, the Company used an estimated incremental borrowing rate that is applicable to the Company based on the information available at the later of the lease commencement date, lease modification date or the date of Adoption of Topic 842.
Maturities of operating lease liabilities are as follows (in thousands):
Years Ending December 31,
2026
$
2,313
2027
2,380
2028
2,293
2029
1,175
Total operating lease payments
$
8,161
Less: Imputed interest
( 994 )
Present value of operating lease liabilities
$
7,167
Operating lease liabilities, current
$
2,235
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent
4,932
$
7,167
(11) Stockholders’ Equity
Common Stock
As discussed in Note 2, on March 2, 2022, the Company consummated a Business Combination which has been accounted for as a reverse recapitalization. Pursuant to the certificate of incorporation as amended on March 2, 2022, the Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock. The holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held. The Preferred Stock is non-voting. No shares of Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2025 or December 31, 2024.
In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, and after payment to the holders of shares of Preferred Stock of their liquidation preferences, the holders of the Common Stock are entitled to the entire remaining assets of the Company on a pro rata basis.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company has reserved the following shares of Common Stock for issuance upon the conversion, exercise or vesting of the underlying instruments:
Common Stock
Common Stock warrants
11,724,711
Stock-Based Awards—RSUs Outstanding
7,333,182
Stock-Based Awards—Options Outstanding
5,780,464
Total
24,838,357
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At-the-Market Offering Agreement
May 2025 Sales Agreement with Jefferies, LLC
On May 29, 2025, the Company entered into an Open Market Sale Agreement SM (the “Sales Agreement”) with Jefferies, LLC (the “Agent”) with respect to an At-the-Market offering program, pursuant to which the Company sold, from time to time at its sole discretion, shares of its Common Stock having an aggregate offering price of $ 350 million (the “ATM Offering”). The shares offered and sold in the ATM Offering were issued and sold pursuant to the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 and the related prospectus supplement, which the Company filed with the SEC on May 29, 2025. The Company paid the Agent a commission of up to 3 % of the gross proceeds of the shares sold under the Sales Agreement, and the Company agreed to provide the Agent with customary indemnification rights. The Sales Agreement contained customary representations and warranties and conditions to the sale of the shares pursuant thereto.
During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company raised gross proceeds of $ 350 million from the sale of 30,309,780 shares of its Common Stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement, at a weighted average price of $ 11.55 per share, which represented the full amount of shares available for sale under the Sales Agreement. The net proceeds from the Sales Agreement during the year ended December 31, 2025 were $ 346.7 million, after deducting Agent commissions totaling $ 3.3 million. As of December 31, 2025, there were no remaining shares available for sale pursuant to the Sales Agreement.
March 2024 Sales Agreement with B. Riley Securities, Inc. and Needham & Company, LLC
On March 15, 2024, the Company entered into the Prior ATM Agreement with B. Riley Securities, Inc. and Needham & Company, LLC pursuant to which the Company sold, from time to time at its sole discretion, shares of its Common Stock having an aggregate offering price of $ 100 million.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company raised gross proceeds of $ 100 million from the sale of 68,809,485 shares of its Common Stock pursuant to the Prior ATM Agreement at a weighted average price of $ 1.45 per share. The net offering proceeds from the Prior ATM Agreement during the year ended December 31, 2024 were $ 97.5 million, after deducting sales agent commissions of $ 2.5 million. As of December 31, 2025, there were no remaining shares available for sale under the Prior ATM Agreement.
Registered Direct Offering
On November 27, 2024, the Company closed securities purchase agreements with two institutional investors pursuant to which the Company sold, in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 50,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a price of $ 2.00 per share. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company raised gross proceeds of $ 100.0 million from the registered direct offering and received net proceeds of $ 96.0 million, after deducting sales agent commissions of $ 4.0 million.
Common Stock Purchase Agreement
The Company entered into the Purchase Agreement with B. Riley on August 11, 2022 pursuant to which the Company was able to issue and sell to B. Riley the lesser of i) $ 75.0 million in aggregate gross purchase price of newly issued shares of the Company’s Common Stock or ii) an amount not to exceed 23,648,889 shares of Common Stock (such number of shares equal to approximately 19.99 % of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the execution of the agreement and inclusive of 171,008 shares of Common Stock issued to B. Riley on August 11, 2022 as consideration for entering into the Purchase Agreement).
In consideration of the parties entering into the foregoing agreement, the parties also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement on August 11, 2022, pursuant to which the Company provides B. Riley with registration rights with respect to such Common Stock and pursuant to which the Company filed a registration statement covering the resale of such Common Stock.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company received proceeds of $ 12.8 million from the issuance and sale of 10,056,799 shares of Common Stock to B. Riley under the Purchase Agreement. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company received proceeds of $ 20.5 million, from the issuance and sale of 13,421,082 shares of Common Stock to B. Riley under the Purchase Agreement. As of December 31, 2025, there were no remaining shares available for sale under the Purchase Agreement; as a result, the Purchase Agreement has terminated.
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(12) Stock-Based Compensation
2013 Equity Incentive Plan
In 2013, the Company adopted the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan ( the “2013 Plan”) which provided for the grant of qualified incentive stock options (“ISOs”) and nonqualified stock options (“NSOs”), restricted stock, restricted stock units (“RSUs”) or other awards to the Company’s employees, officers, directors, advisors, and outside consultants. After the Business Combination became effective on March 2, 2022, no additional awards were issued under the 2013 Plan. Awards outstanding under the 2013 Plan will continue to be governed by such plan; however, the Company will not grant any further awards under the 2013 Plan.
2022 Equity Incentive Plan
In connection with the Business Combination, the shareholders approved the Rigetti Computing, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2022 Plan”) which provides for the grant of ISOs, NSOs, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, RSUs, performance awards and other forms of awards to employees, directors, and consultants, including employees and consultants of the Company’s affiliates. As of December 31, 2025, there were 30,119,436 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 2022 Plan, of which 18,037,435 shares remain available for future issuance.
The number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2022 Plan will automatically increase on January 1st of each year for a period of nine years commencing on January 1, 2023 and ending on (and including) January 1, 2032, in an amount equal to 5 % of the total number of shares of Common Stock of all classes outstanding on a fully diluted basis on December 31st of the preceding year; provided, however, that the board of directors of the Company may act prior to January 1st of a given year to provide that the increase for such year will be a lesser number of shares of Common Stock. Accordingly, as of January 1, 2026, the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 2022 Plan was increased by 17,806,062 shares.
Stock Option Activity
The following is a summary of stock option activity (intrinsic values in thousands):
Weighted
Weighted-
Average
Average
Aggregate
Exercise
Contractual
Intrinsic
Options Outstanding
Price Per Share
Life (in years)
Value (in thousands)
Outstanding, December 31, 2024
8,131,235
$
1.01
8.04
$
115,878
Granted
—
—
Exercised
( 2,350,771 )
0.85
34,746
Forfeited and expired
—
—
Outstanding and expected to vest, December 31, 2025
5,780,464
$
1.07
7.29
$
121,825
Exercisable, December 31, 2025
3,712,543
$
0.91
6.75
$
78,849
The Company’s outstanding stock options generally have exercise prices equal to fair market value on the date of grant, expire after ten years and have service-based vesting conditions ranging from 1 - 5 years, except that 500,000 stock options granted in 2022 have a market-based vesting condition tied to the Company’s Common Stock price. The vesting condition with respect to the market-based stock option grants was satisfied in January 2025.
There were no stock options granted during the year ended December 31, 2025. The weighted-average grant date fair value of stock options granted during the year ended December 31, 2024, was $ 1.27 . The intrinsic value of a stock option is the amount by which the market price of the underlying Common Stock exceeds the option’s exercise price. The intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, was $ 34.7 million and $ 4.5 million, respectively. The Company received proceeds from stock option exercises during the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 of $ 2.0 million and $ 0.6 million, respectively.
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock options was $ 1.9 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2025, the unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested stock options was $ 2.3 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.64 years.
Fair Value of Stock Option Grants
The fair value of each stock option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model that uses the assumptions noted in the tables below.
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For the first nine months of 2024, expected volatility for the Company’s Common Stock was determined based on a blended average of the historical volatility of a peer group of similar public companies, the historical volatility of the Company’s Common Stock and the implied volatility from the Company’s Public Warrants. For the last three months of 2024, expected volatility for the Company’s Common Stock was determined based on a one-third weighting of the historical volatility of a peer group of similar public companies and a two-thirds weighting of the historical volatility of the Company’s Common Stock. The implied volatility from the Company’s Public Warrants was excluded because the calculation did not produce a meaningful result. The Company had not been public for a sufficient length of time to derive expected volatility solely from trading in its Common Stock.
The expected term of stock options granted was calculated using the simplified method, which represents the average of the contractual term and the weighted-average vesting period of the option. The Company uses the simplified method because it does not have sufficient historical exercise data for its options to provide a reasonable basis upon which to estimate the expected term.
The assumed dividend yield was based upon the Company’s expectation of not paying dividends in the foreseeable future. The risk-free rate was based upon the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for the period equivalent to the expected term of the stock option. In determining the exercise prices for stock options granted, the Company’s board of directors has utilized the fair value of the Common Stock as of the grant date.
Before the Business Combination, the fair value of the Common Stock had been determined by the board of directors at each award grant date based upon a variety of factors, including the results obtained from an independent third-party valuation, the Company’s financial position and historical financial performance, the status of technological developments within the Company, the composition and ability of the current engineering and management team, an evaluation or benchmark of the Company’s competition, the current business climate in the marketplace, the illiquid nature of the Company’s Common Stock, arm’s-length sales of the Company’s capital stock, the effect of the rights and preferences of the preferred shareholders, and the prospects of a liquidity event, among others.
The range of valuation assumptions used as inputs to the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to value service-based stock options granted during the year ended December 31, 2024 were as follows:
Valuation Assumptions
December 31, 2024
Strike price
$ 0.98 - $ 2.03
Annual volatility (%)
112 % - 130 %
Risk- free rate (%)
4.18 %- 4.45 %
Expected term (years)
5.50 - 6.02
Restricted Stock Unit activity
The following is a summary of restricted stock unit (“RSU”) activity:
Weighted Average
Grant Date Fair
Shares
Value
Non-vested at December 31, 2024
11,177,661
$
1.53
Granted
3,722,285
14.02
Vested
( 7,224,826 )
2.20
Forfeited
( 341,938 )
2.78
Non-vested at December 31, 2025
7,333,182
$
7.15
As of December 31, 2025, all of the Company’s non-vested RSUs have a service-based vesting condition ranging from 1 - 4 years. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company granted 3,850,000 RSUs with a market-based vesting condition tied to the Company’s stock price. Based upon the terms of such awards, 50 % of the shares became vested when the Company’s Common Stock traded at or above $ 2.00 per share and the other 50 % of the shares became vested when the Company’s Common Stock traded at or above $ 4.00 per share, for 20 out of 30 trading days through the fifth anniversary of the grant date. The $ 2.00 per share vesting condition was satisfied in December 2024, and the $ 4.00 per share vesting condition was satisfied in January 2025.
The income tax withholding obligation for all RSUs are satisfied through the sale of shares into the market, otherwise known as Sell-To-Cover (“STC”). The STC transaction and the income tax withholding remittance for the market-based RSUs that vested in December 2024 took place on December 30, 2024. The $ 6.3 million proceeds from the STC were received by the Company on January 2, 2025, and is included in other current assets in the accompanying balance sheet as of December 31, 2024.
The weighted-average grant date fair value of RSUs granted during the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, was $ 14.02 and $ 1.07 per share, respectively. The aggregate fair value of outstanding RSUs based on the closing share price of the Company’s Common Stock as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, was $ 162.4 million and $ 170.6 million, respectively.
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The aggregate fair value of RSUs that vested based on the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock on the vesting date during the years ended December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, was $ 80.5 million and $ 28.4 million, respectively.
Fair Value of RSUs Awards
The number of service-based RSUs granted during the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 was 3,722,285 and 7,380,872 , respectively. The service-based RSUs vest over periods ranging from 1 - 4 years and require continuous employment. The fair value of the Company’s service-based RSUs was calculated based on the fair market value of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant.
Stock-based compensation expense related to RSUs was $ 15.7 million and $ 11.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. As of December 31, 2025, the unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested RSUs was $ 49.8 million which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.45 years.
Summarized Stock-Based Compensation Expenses
The table below summarizes total stock-based compensation expenses for the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
2025
2024
Research and development
$
12,776
$
9,039
Selling, general and administrative expenses
4,829
4,030
Total stock-based compensation expenses
$
17,605
$
13,069
(13) Net Loss Per Share
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to Common Stockholders (in thousands, except per share amounts):
Year Ended December 31,
2025
2024
Numerator:
Net loss
$
( 216,210 )
$
( 200,988 )
Denominator:
Weighted-average shares outstanding - basic and diluted
309,763
184,666
Net loss per share - basic and diluted
$
( 0.70 )
$
( 1.09 )
The vesting condition for all 2,479,000 Promote Sponsor Vesting Shares was satisfied on February 6, 2025, and the vesting condition for all 580,273 Sponsor Redemption-Based Vesting Shares was satisfied on August 14, 2025. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Promote Sponsor Vesting Shares and the Sponsor Redemption-Based Vesting Shares have been included in the computations of basic and diluted net loss per share from their respective vesting dates. The Promote Sponsor Vesting Shares and the Sponsor Redemption-Based Vesting Shares were not included in the computations of basic and diluted net loss per share for the year ended December 31, 2024, because the vesting conditions related to these shares had not been met.
The weighted-average common shares outstanding for the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 include 682,939 and 963,297 weighted-average shares for warrants having an exercise price of $ 0.01 per share each, respectively. The Company’s potential dilutive securities, which include stock options, restricted stock units and warrants have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share as the effect would be anti-dilutive. Therefore, the weighted average number of common shares outstanding used to calculate both basic and diluted net loss per share is the same.
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The Company excluded the following potential common shares from the computation of diluted net loss per share for the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
Year Ended December 31,
2025
2024
Common Stock warrants (1)
10,068,883
14,450,417
Stock Options
5,780,464
8,131,235
Restricted Stock Units
7,333,182
11,177,661
23,182,529
33,759,313
(1) The number of outstanding warrants does not include unvested customer warrants for 1,340,310 shares as of each of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 202 4.
(14) Revenue Recognition
The following tables depict the disaggregation of revenue according to the type of good or service and timing of transfer of goods or services for the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
2025
2024
Collaborative research and professional services
$
6,676
$
8,044
Collaborative research materials and sales of quantum computers
—
2,390
Access to quantum computing systems
412
356
$
7,088
$
10,790
Year Ended December 31,
2025
2024
Revenue recognized at a point in time
$
—
$
1,579
Revenue recognized over time
7,088
9,211
$
7,088
$
10,790
Selected consolidated balance sheet line items that reflect accounts receivable, contract assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2025, December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows (in thousands):
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
December 31, 2023
Trade receivables
$
1,204
$
1,498
$
2,650
Unbilled receivables
$
1,347
$
929
$
2,379
Current portion of deferred revenue
$
( 847 )
$
( 113 )
$
( 343 )
Deferred revenue, less current portion
$
( 698 )
$
( 698 )
$
—
Changes in deferred revenue from contracts with customers were as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
2025
2024
Balance at beginning of period
$
( 811 )
$
( 343 )
Deferral of revenue
( 963 )
( 698 )
Recognition of deferred revenue
229
230
Total deferred revenue at end of period
$
( 1,545 )
$
( 811 )
Current portion of deferred revenue
$
( 847 )
$
( 113 )
Deferred revenue, less current portion
$
( 698 )
$
( 698 )
Amounts recognized as revenue from beginning contract liabilities during the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 totaled $ 0.1 million and $ 0.2 million, respectively. Remaining performance obligations represent the portion of the transaction price that has not yet been satisfied or achieved. As of December 31, 2025, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations was approximately $ 3.8 million. The Company expects to recognize estimated revenues related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied (or partially satisfied) during the next twelve months , except for remaining performance obligations totaling $ 0.8 million.
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The Company has not identified any costs that are incremental to the acquisition of customer contracts that would be capitalized as deferred costs on the balance sheet in accordance with ASC 340-40. Accordingly, the Company did not have any capitalized contract fulfillment costs as of December 31, 2025 or December 31, 2024.
(15) Segments, Geographical Information, Concentrations and Significant Customers
In addition to consolidated net loss, our CODM reviews and utilizes natural expenses such as employee wages and benefits at a consolidated level to manage the Company’s operations and strategic growth initiatives. The measure of segment assets is reported in the balance sheet as total consolidated assets. The following table sets forth our segment information of revenue, significant segment expenses and net loss (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
2025
2024
Revenue
$
7,088
$
10,790
Less:
Salaries and employee related costs
32,717
28,838
Stock-based compensation
17,605
13,069
Rent and facilities
7,942
9,134
Professional services and legal fees
9,013
6,414
Technology & IT costs
5,235
4,571
Direct and indirect materials
3,533
2,500
Depreciation and amortization expense
8,173
6,906
Interest expense
—
3,255
Other segment items (1)
139,080
137,091
Segment and net loss
$
( 216,210 )
$
( 200,988 )
(1) Other segment items include interest income, changes in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities and earnout liabilities and other operational expenses which are reflected in the consolidated statements of operations .
The following table presents a summary of revenue by geography (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
2025
2024
United States
$
3,732
$
6,326
Europe
3,167
3,725
Asia and others
189
739
Total revenue
$
7,088
$
10,790
Revenues from external customers are attributed to individual countries based on the physical location in which the services are provided or the particular customer location with whom the Company has contracted.
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and trade accounts receivable. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents are placed with high-credit-quality financial institutions, and at times exceed federally insured limits. To date, the Company has not experienced any credit loss relating to its cash and cash equivalents.
Significant customers that represent 10% or more of revenue are set forth in the following tables:
Year Ended December 31,
2025
2024
Customer A
*
15 %
Customer B
17 %
11 %
Customer C
18 %
*
Customer D
42 %
27 %
Customer E
*
16 %
* Customer accounted for less than 10% of revenue in the respective periods.
During the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, sales to government entities comprised 90.2 % and 89.4 % of the Company’s total revenue, respectively.
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Significant customers that represent 10% or more of accounts receivable are set forth in the following tables:
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Customer A
20 %
15 %
Customer B
*
23 %
Customer C
*
26 %
Customer D
*
31 %
Customer E
50 %
*
Customer F
24 %
*
* Customer accounted for less than 10% of accounts receivable at the respective point in time.
(16) Income Taxes
Domestic and foreign components of loss before income taxes are as follows (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
2025
2024
Domestic
$
( 213,875 )
$
( 198,588 )
Foreign
( 2,335 )
( 2,400 )
$
( 216,210 )
$
( 200,988 )
The Company did not pay any income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2025 or December 31, 2024. All components of the Company’s current and deferred income tax provisions for the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were zero . The effective tax rate differs from the statutory rate, primarily due to the Company’s history of incurring losses which have not been benefited, write-off of federal and state net operating loss carryforwards and research and development tax credit carryforwards under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 382 limitation, stock-based compensation and other permanent differences.
On July 4, 2025, new federal tax and budget legislation, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (“OBBA”) was signed into law. The Company evaluated the impact of the OBBA and determined that its provisions did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
Upon adoption of ASU 2023-09, Improvement to Income Tax Disclosures, as described in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, the reconciliation of taxes at the federal statutory rate to the Company’s provision for income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2025, was as follows (in thousands, except for percentages):
Component
Amount
Rate Impact
Income taxes at the U.S. federal statutory tax rate
$
( 45,404 )
21
%
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit
—
—
%
Foreign tax effects, foreign tax impacts
490
—
%
Changes in valuation allowances
30,620
( 14 )
%
Nontaxable or nondeductible items
Stock-based compensation
( 23,774 )
11
%
Executive compensation - IRC 162M
6,847
( 3 )
%
Fair market value adjustments
31,103
( 15 )
%
Other
118
—
%
Total
$
—
—
%
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Significant components of the differences between the statutory tax rate and the Company’s effective tax rate for the year ended December 2024 are as follows:
Component
Rate Impact
Total pre-tax book income
21
%
State and local income taxes
1
%
Executive compensation - IRC 162M
( 1 )
%
Net operating loss limitation ownership change
—
%
Stock-based compensation
2
%
Fair market value adjustments
( 14 )
%
Change in valuation allowance
( 9 )
%
Total
—
%
Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the deferred income tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, are as follows (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
2025
2024
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards
$
111,060
$
71,054
Accruals and reserves
181
41
Stock-based compensation
550
601
Research and development credits
11
11
Intangible assets
18,356
25,007
Operating lease liability
1,659
2,147
Other
9
—
Gross deferred assets
131,826
98,861
Deferred tax liabilities:
ROU asset
( 1,484 )
( 1,950 )
Depreciation and amortization
( 4,189 )
( 3,915 )
Total deferred tax liabilities
( 5,673 )
( 5,865 )
Total net deferred tax assets
126,153
92,996
Valuation allowance
( 126,153 )
( 92,996 )
Net deferred tax assets
$
—
$
—
Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon future earnings, if any, the timing and amount of which are uncertain. Accordingly, the net U.S. federal and state deferred tax assets have been fully offset by a valuation allowance. The net change in total valuation allowance increased by approximately $ 33.2 million and $ 17.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes of $ 455.3 million, of which $ 453.9 million does not expire; federal research and development tax credits of $ 14.1 million, which will start to expire in 2044; net operating loss carryforwards for state income tax purposes of $ 193.3 million, which will start to expire in 2038; and state research and development tax credits of $ 12.6 million, which do not expire.
Under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Company’s federal net operating loss carryforwards and research and development tax credit carryforwards, and other tax attributes are subject to annual limitation because of prior cumulative changes in the Company’s ownership and may be further limited in the future if additional ownership changes occur. Similar rules apply under state tax laws. These ownership changes limit the amount of net operating loss carryforwards and research and development tax credit carryforwards that can be utilized annually to reduce the Company’s federal and state income tax liabilities, if any. Such annual limitations could result in the expiration of the net operating loss carryforwards and research and development tax credit carryforwards before their utilization.
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During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company assessed whether an ownership change, as defined by Section 382, occurred during the period from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024. Based upon the assessment conducted in 2024, the Company concluded that an ownership change occurred in November of 2024; however, based on the annual limitation from the November 2024 ownership change, none of the net operating losses or research and development tax credits are expected to expire prior to their potential use, as such there was no reduction to the gross deferred tax assets during the year ended December 31, 2024. The Company also assessed whether an ownership change occurred during the year ended December 31, 2025. Based on the results of this assessment, the Company determined that an ownership change as defined by Section 382 did not occur during the year ended December 31, 2025.
The Company files U.S. and various state income tax returns as well as foreign income tax returns in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom with varying statutes of limitations. All tax years from inception in 2013 remain open to examination due to the carryover of unused net operating losses and tax credits. The Company had unrecognized tax benefits of $ 24.1 million as of December 31, 2025, all of which are offset by a full valuation allowance. These unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized, would not affect the effective tax rate. There were no interest or penalties accrued as of December 31, 2025.
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized income tax benefits is as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
2025
2024
Beginning balance
$
10,927
$
5,861
Current year increase
13,130
5,835
Reduction of prior year position
—
( 769 )
Ending balance
$
24,057
$
10,927
(17) Collaborative Arrangements
On February 27, 2025, the Company entered into a Collaboration Agreement (the “Collaboration Agreement”) with Quanta Computer Inc., a Taiwan corporation (“Quanta”). The term of the Collaboration Agreement is for five years , subject to cancellation under certain circumstances.
Pursuant to the Collaboration Agreement, during the five year period following February 27, 2025, the Company has agreed it will invest at least $ 250.0 million in the field of quantum computing, in furtherance of its product roadmap, and Quanta has agreed it will invest at least $ 250.0 million in the field of quantum computing, and the investment by Quanta will be towards personnel and capital expenditures for developing products and services and manufacturing capability in furtherance of the Company’s product roadmap. No equity or joint venture was formed under the Collaboration Agreement. Costs incurred by the Company under the Collaboration Agreement, consisting of its expenditures for research and development and related capital, will be accounted for in accordance with GAAP as incurred.
Under the Collaboration Agreement, the Company will retain all rights, title and ownership to all QPU Technology (as defined in the Collaboration Agreement) and related intellectual property (IP) rights created in the course of activities specified in a statement of work under the Collaboration Agreement. Other than the QPU Technology and IP rights described above, to the extent there is any jointly created, invented or other developed technology in the course of the performance of activities specified in a statement of work under the Collaboration Agreement, the Company and Quanta will jointly own, and each party will hold a one -half undivided interest in, all such joint project technology and all newly-created or newly-arising IP rights with respect thereto.
In connection with the Collaboration Agreement, on February 27, 2025, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with Quanta, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue to Quanta in a private placement transaction 3,020,412 shares of its Common Stock at a price per share of approximately $ 11.59 , for an aggregate value of approximately $ 35.0 million. The price per share was based on the volume weighted-average price of the Company’s Common Stock for the 15 trading days prior to February 27, 2025. The private placement transaction, which was subject to regulatory clearance, closed on April 29, 2025. In connection with the private placement transaction, Quanta entered into a board observer and confidentiality agreement under which it has the option and right to appoint a single representative to attend certain meetings of the board of directors of the Company, subject to exceptions, in a non-voting observer capacity. The securities purchase agreement also contains a lock-up provision prohibiting Quanta from selling any of the shares of the Company’s Common Stock acquired in the securities purchase agreement for a three year period following the closing of the private placement transaction.
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(18) Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are as follows (in thousands):
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
Available-for-Sale
Securities
Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Balances at December, 2023
$
233
$
11
$
244
Other comprehensive income (loss)
( 205 )
66
( 139 )
Balances at December, 2024
$
28
$
77
$
105
Other comprehensive income (loss)
( 31 )
923
892
Balances at December, 2025
$
( 3 )
$
1,000
$
997
There are no reclassification adjustments or income taxes associated with any of the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).
(19) Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Proceedings
From time to time, the Company is party to litigation and other legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business. While the results of any litigation or other legal proceedings are uncertain, the Company is not currently a party to any material legal proceedings that, if determined adversely to the Company, would individually or taken together have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows. The Company accrues loss contingencies when it is both probable that a loss will be incurred and when the amount of the loss or range of loss can be reasonably estimated.
Indemnification Provisions
The Company’s agreements include provisions indemnifying customers against intellectual property and other third-party claims. In addition, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors, executive officers and certain other officers that require the Company, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise as a result of their affiliation with the Company. The Company has not incurred any costs as a result of such indemnification obligations and has not recorded any liabilities related to such obligations in the consolidated financial statements .
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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANT ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.