Quantum computing stocks took a wild turn in early 2025, with Rigetti Computing (RGTI) becoming the center of speculative trading, much like GameStop (GME) a few years ago. The stock skyrocketed by nearly 1,

Shares of Rigetti computing have lost more than 70% of their value since hitting their $20 closing high less than two weeks ago. The volatile plunge in share price came on the heels of Jensen Huang - NVIDIA’s CEO – on the reasonable timeline for quantum computing.

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"Particularly because of the hype that is going on in the quantum computing space and some erroneous statements are being made, including by people in the industry, we have to tamp down some expectations," Rigetti Computing CEO Subodh Kulkarni told me on Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid podcast (video above; listen in below).

Rigetti stock is up 1,756% in the last year — but 74% overvalued. Investors who did not buy Nvidia stock before GenAI wave, fear missing out on quantum computing.

This is what's happening on Wednesday, as quantum computing investors cheer some kind words from Microsoft's strategic missions and technologies chief, Mitra Azizirad, who last night urged quantum investors to get ready, because "we are right on the cusp of seeing quantum computers solve meaningful problems and capture new business value."

Adding to the pressure, D-Wave announced on Friday that the company was going to sell up to $150 million in common shares. That move would dilute the current shareholders of the company. Early stage companies often take advantage of price increases to raise capital to invest in their research and development.

Rigetti Computing is at the forefront of the quantum computing industry, but the company has a speculative stock valuation.

Rigetti Computing (RGTI) surges over 20% on enthusiasm for quantum computing after Microsoft (MSFT) announced its "Quantum Ready" program for businesses. Seana Smith and Alexandra Canal take a closer look at the stock move on Catalysts.

Rigetti Computing’s shares have surged by over 1,860% in the past six months, thanks to a marketwide uptick in all things quantum. Even so, the company’s quarterly revenue remains modest at $2.4 million in the most recent quarter,