Rigetti Computing Stock News

This has been an outstanding year for more than a few technology stocks. Unfortunately, stocks that rise quickly tend to come back to earth just as quickly.

As the generative artificial intelligence (AI) hype cycle gets long in the tooth, investors are on the lookout for the next big technology. Quantum computing might be it.

The quantum computing stocks have been on an incredible run, and while there's been no shortage of volatility and bear market moments on the road higher, the quantum trade, which consists of top stocks such as Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ:RGTI), IonQ (NASDAQ:IONQ), and D-Wave (NASDAQ:QBTS), has been melting up in vicious fashion.

Every few decades, a new technology megatrend comes around with the potential to transform the way people live and work. Most recently, these have included the internet and generative artificial intelligence (AI).

Since the advent and proliferation of the internet in the mid-1990s, investors have pretty consistently had a game-changing technological innovation or sky-high addressable opportunity to captivate their attention (and their wallets). Things like genome decoding, nanotechnology, 3D printing, blockchain technology, the metaverse, and most recently the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), have e...

Rigetti Computing (RGTI 8.63%) stock managed to close Thursday's trading with strong gains despite moderately bearish momentum for the broader market. The company's share price jumped 9% in the daily session despite the S&P 500 falling 0.3% and the Nasdaq Composite declining 0.1%.

MIAMI, Oct. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Defiance ETFs is proud to announce the launch of the  Defiance Daily Target 2X Short Rigetti Computing ETF (Ticker: RGTZ), further expanding its innovative lineup of single-stock leveraged ETFs. The newest addition, RGTZ, is designed for traders who seek magnified, short-term bearish exposure to Rigetti Computing (Nasdaq: RGTI).

What investors may have forgotten by now is how awful 2022 was for the markets. That year, the S&P 500 fell by more than 19%.