- United States - / - Semiconductors - / - NasdaqCM:RGTI Does Rigetti (RGTI) Insider Selling Undercut the Narrative Around CHIPS Funding and Cloud Progress? - In recent months, Rigetti Computing brought its 108-qubit Cepheus-1-108Q quantum system into general availability across major cloud platforms and entered a non-binding agreement with the U.S. Commerce Department for up to US$100 million in potential CHIPS Act funding in exchange for a minority equity stake. - However, large insider share sales by senior executives, including the CTO, have raised questions about short-term confidence just as Rigetti highlights growing customer adoption and ambitious expansion plans. - We’ll now explore how the CHIPS Act funding agreement and cloud deployment of Cepheus-1-108Q influence Rigetti’s existing investment narrative. Rare earth metals are an input to most high-tech devices, military and defence systems and electric vehicles. The global race is on to secure supply of these critical minerals. Beat the pack to uncover the 26 best rare earth metal stocks of the very few that mine this essential strategic resource. Rigetti Computing Investment Narrative Recap To own Rigetti, you essentially have to believe that superconducting, gate based quantum systems can mature into a commercial business before the company’s cash and patience run thin. In the near term, the CHIPS Act letter of intent and cloud rollout of Cepheus‑1‑108Q support the technology and funding story, but they do not remove the core risks of heavy losses, reliance on government programs, and now, the added concern of sizeable insider selling. The most relevant recent announcement here is Rigetti’s non binding US$100 million CHIPS Act funding agreement, which would come with a minority federal equity stake. If finalized, this could ease pressure around how to finance the roadmap to larger systems and potential fabrication needs, partly offsetting worries about uneven public sector