The quantum computing sector has entered a profound evolutionary threshold in 2026, transitioning from theoretical laboratory phenomena to the earliest stages of commercial hardware deployment. The total addressable market is expected to expand at an exponential rate, driven by structural limitations in classical computing architectures. As Moore’s Law asymptotes, diminishing returns from classical parallelization and unsustainable energy requirements are forcing the aerospace, defense, pharmaceutical, and quantitative finance sectors to seek alternative compute modalities.1 Management consultancy projections suggest the quantum sector is on track to create up to $850 billion in economic value by 2040.1 Rigetti Computing, Inc. (NASDAQ: RGTI), operating as a vertically integrated pure-play quantum hardware developer, is positioned at the vanguard  ...