DARPA Chooses Rigetti

Awarded $2.9 million DARPA Contract for Quantum Application Benchmarking

AUGUST 7TH, 2022 SUNDAY 2:45 PM MONTREAL, CANADA

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We’ve known for a while that DARPA was interested in the potential of quantum computing. In April, 2021 DARPA, announced its Quantum benchmarking program. That it chose Rigetti is not surprising. Rigetti is well funded and well equipped and a public company you can actually invest in. RGTI 0.00%↑ the stock is currently $4.45 for one share.

So why is this relevant? In recent years National Defense spending is increasing their budgets and forced to consider what AQ will become. AQ refers to the convergence of A.I. and quantum technologies and has more military defense implications than many assume.

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