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on May&nbsp;12, 2025</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM&nbsp;S-8</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>UNDER</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Rigetti Computing,&nbsp;Inc.</B></P>

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charter)</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 49%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 49%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>83-0950636</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR> incorporation or organization)</B></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><B>(I.R.S. Employer<BR> Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>775 Heinz Avenue</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Berkeley, CA 94710</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip
code)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Rigetti Computing,&nbsp;Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive
Plan</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Jeffrey Bertelsen</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Chief Financial Officer</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Rigetti Computing,&nbsp;Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>775 Heinz Avenue</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Berkeley, CA 94710</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(510) 210-5550</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Rupa Briggs</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Hogan Lovells US LLP</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>390 Madison Avenue</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, NY 10017</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(212) 918-3000</B></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo;
and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company</FONT></TD>
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company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or
revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B)&nbsp;of the Securities Act.&ensp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to General Instruction
E of Form&nbsp;S-8, Rigetti Computing,&nbsp;Inc. (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) to register 15,972,015 additional shares of its common stock, $0.0001 par value
per share (&ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), issuable under the Registrant&rsquo;s 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;), pursuant
to the provisions of the Plan providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance
under the Plan on January&nbsp;1, 2025. In accordance with the instructional note to Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8 as promulgated by the
Commission, the information specified by Part&nbsp;I of the Form&nbsp;S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">The Registrant previously
registered shares of its Common Stock for issuance under the Plan on Registration Statements on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed with the Commission
on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522171558/d344859ds8.htm">June&nbsp;10, 2022</A> as amended on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522174376/d290527ds8pos.htm">June&nbsp;15, 2022</A> and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522224396/d308850ds8pos.htm">August&nbsp;19, 2022</A> (File No.&nbsp;333-265516), on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312523092223/d431531ds8.htm">April&nbsp;5, 2023</A> (File
No.&nbsp;333-271140) and on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312524084769/d34458ds8.htm">April&nbsp;2, 2024</A> (File No.&nbsp;333-278471) (collectively, the &ldquo;Prior Registration Statements&rdquo;).
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior
Registration Statements except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART&nbsp;II</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>ITEM&thinsp;3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">The following documents filed
by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual
Report on Form&nbsp;10-K (File No.&nbsp;001-40140) for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000155837025002499/rgti-20241231x10k.htm">March&nbsp;7, 2025</A></FONT> (the &ldquo;Annual Report&rdquo;);</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the portions of the Registrant&rsquo;s
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000110465925038956/tm2510036-2_def14a.htm">April&nbsp;25, 2025</A></FONT>, that are incorporated by reference
into Part&nbsp;III of the Annual Report;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly
Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q (File No.&nbsp;001-40140) for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31, 2025, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001838359/000155837025007375/rgti-20250331x10q.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">May&nbsp;12, 2025</A></FONT>;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(d)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the Registrant&rsquo;s Current
Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-40140), filed with the Commission on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000110465925018599/tm257789d1_8k.htm">February&nbsp;28, 2025</A></FONT>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000110465925019121/tm257567d1_8k.htm">February&nbsp;28, 2025</A>
and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000110465925029365/tm2510792d1_8k.htm">March&nbsp;28, 2025</A>; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(e)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
                                            description of the Registrant&rsquo;s securities contained in a Registration Statement on
                                            Form&nbsp;8-A filed on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522060776/d259591d8a12b.htm">March&nbsp;1, 2022</A>, as updated by <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312523080486/d426335dex44.htm">Exhibit&nbsp;4.4</A></FONT> to our Annual
                                            Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022, filed with the SEC on
                                            <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312523080486/d426335d10k.htm">March&nbsp;27, 2023</A>, together with any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose
                                            of updating such description.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">All other reports and documents
subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports
furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form&nbsp;8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items) on or after the
date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that also
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>ITEM&thinsp;8. EXHIBITS</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 10pt; width: 7%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit<BR>
Number</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 53%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 7%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Schedule<BR>
Form</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 8%">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>File</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Number</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 6%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 15%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Filing Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522067932/d506107dex31.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Incorporation of Rigetti Computing,&nbsp;Inc.</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">8-K</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">001-40140</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">3.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">March&nbsp;7,
    2022</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522284708/d418381dex31.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Rigetti Computing,&nbsp;Inc.</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">8-K</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">001-40140</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">3.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">November&nbsp;14,
    2022</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522067932/d506107dex41.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Specimen Common Stock Certificate.</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">8-K</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">001-40140</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">March&nbsp;7,
    2022</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.4</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522067932/d506107dex42.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Specimen Warrant Certificate.</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">8-K</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">001-40140</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">March&nbsp;7,
    2022</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.5</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312521069319/d107027dex41.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Warrant Agreement between American Stock Transfer&nbsp;&amp; Trust Company, LLC and Supernova Partners Acquisition Company II,&nbsp;Ltd., dated March&nbsp;1, 2021.</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">8-K</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">001-40140</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">March&nbsp;4,
    2021</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.1*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2514427d1_ex5-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Opinion
    of Hogan Lovells US LLP. </FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.1*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2514427d1_ex5-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent
    of Hogan Lovells US LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1). </FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Incorporated by Reference</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 10pt; width: 7%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit<BR>
Number</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 53%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 7%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Schedule<BR>
Form</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 8%">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>File</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Number</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 6%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 15%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Filing Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.2*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2514427d1_ex23-2.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent
    of BDO USA P.C., independent registered public accounting firm. </FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">24.1*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#a_001" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</A> </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522067932/d506107dex1016.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Rigetti Computing,&nbsp;Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan.</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">8-K</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">001-40140</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">10.16</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">March&nbsp;7,
    2022</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522067932/d506107dex1017.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form&nbsp;of Stock Option Grant Package under Rigetti Computing,&nbsp;Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan.</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">8-K</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">001-40140</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">10.17</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">March&nbsp;7,
    2022</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522171558/d344859dex993.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form&nbsp;of RSU Grant Package under Rigetti Computing,&nbsp;Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">S-8</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">333-265516</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">June&nbsp;10,
    2022</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.4</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838359/000119312522067932/d506107dex1019.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form&nbsp;of Stock Award Grant Package under Rigetti Computing,&nbsp;Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan.</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">8-K</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">001-40140</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">10.19</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">March&nbsp;7,
    2022</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">107*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tm2514427d1_ex-filingfees.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filing
    Fee Table. </FONT></A></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Berkeley, State of California, on May&nbsp;12, 2025.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>RIGETTI COMPUTING,&nbsp;INC.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 47%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Dr.&nbsp;Subodh Kulkarni</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Dr.&nbsp;Subodh Kulkarni</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="a_001"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</B></FONT>, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Dr.&nbsp;Subodh Kulkarni
and Jeffrey Bertelsen, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the full power of substitution,
for him or her and in their name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement
(including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Dr.&nbsp;Subodh Kulkarni</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer and Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May&nbsp;12, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Dr.&nbsp;Subodh Kulkarni</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Jeffrey Bertelsen</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May&nbsp;12, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Jeffrey Bertelsen</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Thomas J. Iannoti</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chair of the Board of Directors</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May&nbsp;12, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Thomas J. Iannoti</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Michael Clifton</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May&nbsp;12, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Michael Clifton</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Alissa Fitzgerald</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May&nbsp;12, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Alissa Fitzgerald</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Ray Johnson</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May&nbsp;12, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ray Johnson</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Cathy McCarthy</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May&nbsp;12, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Cathy McCarthy</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on May 12, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Rigetti Computing, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its
charter)
Delaware
83-0950636
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
775 Heinz Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94710
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip
code)
Rigetti Computing, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive
Plan
(Full titles of the plan)
Jeffrey Bertelsen
Chief Financial Officer
Rigetti Computing, Inc.
775 Heinz Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 210-5550
(Name, address and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Rupa Briggs
Hogan Lovells US LLP
390 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(212) 918-3000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company,"
and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
x
Smaller reporting company
x
Emerging growth company
x
If an emerging growth
company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or
revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
¨
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
Pursuant to General Instruction
E of Form S-8, Rigetti Computing, Inc. (the "Registrant") is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register 15,972,015 additional shares of its common stock, $0.0001 par value
per share ("Common Stock"), issuable under the Registrant's 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), pursuant
to the provisions of the Plan providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance
under the Plan on January 1, 2025. In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the
Commission, the information specified by Part I of the Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement.
The Registrant previously
registered shares of its Common Stock for issuance under the Plan on Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission
on
June 10, 2022
as amended on
June 15, 2022
and
August 19, 2022
(File No. 333-265516), on
April 5, 2023
(File
No. 333-271140) and on
April 2, 2024
(File No. 333-278471) (collectively, the "Prior Registration Statements").
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior
Registration Statements except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.
PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed
by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
the Registrant's Annual
Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-40140) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on
March 7, 2025
(the "Annual Report");
(b)
the portions of the Registrant's
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on
April 25, 2025
, that are incorporated by reference
into Part III of the Annual Report;
(c)
the Registrant's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-40140) for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on
May 12, 2025
;
(d)
the Registrant's Current
Reports on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40140), filed with the Commission on
February 28, 2025
,
February 28, 2025
and
March 28, 2025
; and
(e)
the
                                            description of the Registrant's securities contained in a Registration Statement on
                                            Form 8-A filed on
March 1, 2022
, as updated by
Exhibit 4.4
to our Annual
                                            Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on
March 27, 2023
, together with any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose
                                            of updating such description.
All other reports and documents
subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports
furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items) on or after the
date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that also
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
Description
Schedule
Form
File
Number
Exhibit
Filing Date
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation of Rigetti Computing, Inc.
8-K
001-40140
3.1
March 7,
    2022
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Rigetti Computing, Inc.
8-K
001-40140
3.1
November 14,
    2022
4.3
Specimen Common Stock Certificate.
8-K
001-40140
4.1
March 7,
    2022
4.4
Specimen Warrant Certificate.
8-K
001-40140
4.2
March 7,
    2022
4.5
Warrant Agreement between American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC and Supernova Partners Acquisition Company II, Ltd., dated March 1, 2021.
8-K
001-40140
4.1
March 4,
    2021
5.1*
Opinion
    of Hogan Lovells US LLP.
23.1*
Consent
    of Hogan Lovells US LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
Description
Schedule
Form
File
Number
Exhibit
Filing Date
23.2*
Consent
    of BDO USA P.C., independent registered public accounting firm.
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
99.1
Rigetti Computing, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan.
8-K
001-40140
10.16
March 7,
    2022
99.2
Form of Stock Option Grant Package under Rigetti Computing, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan.
8-K
001-40140
10.17
March 7,
    2022
99.3
Form of RSU Grant Package under Rigetti Computing, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan
S-8
333-265516
99.3
June 10,
    2022
99.4
Form of Stock Award Grant Package under Rigetti Computing, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan.
8-K
001-40140
10.19
March 7,
    2022
107*
Filing
    Fee Table.
*
Filed herewith
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Berkeley, State of California, on May 12, 2025.
RIGETTI COMPUTING, INC.
By:
/s/ Dr. Subodh Kulkarni
Dr. Subodh Kulkarni
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Dr. Subodh Kulkarni
and Jeffrey Bertelsen, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the full power of substitution,
for him or her and in their name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement
(including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Dr. Subodh Kulkarni
Chief Executive Officer and Director
May 12, 2025
Dr. Subodh Kulkarni
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Jeffrey Bertelsen
Chief Financial Officer
May 12, 2025
Jeffrey Bertelsen
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Thomas J. Iannoti
Chair of the Board of Directors
May 12, 2025
Thomas J. Iannoti
/s/ Michael Clifton
Director
May 12, 2025
Michael Clifton
/s/ Alissa Fitzgerald
Director
May 12, 2025
Alissa Fitzgerald
/s/ Ray Johnson
Director
May 12, 2025
Ray Johnson
/s/ Cathy McCarthy
Director
May 12, 2025
Cathy McCarthy
/s/ H. Gail Sandford
Director
May 12, 2025
H. Gail Sandford