Quantum computing & AI will be key themes of 2026: Rigetti CEO - Yahoo Finance

Quantum computing & AI will be key themes of 2026: Rigetti CEO Yahoo Finance Video and Brian Sozzi November 4, 2025 RGTI +0.99% RGTIW +1.70% Rigetti Computing (RGTI) is among the tech names that have seen a massive surge as investors bet big on quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI). Rigetti CEO Subodh Kulkarni joins Opening Bid with Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi to discuss the future of quantum computing and his expectations for AI. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Opening Bid. Video Transcript 00:00 Speaker A Are you concerned about some of the AI valuations uh that are out there in the market? Palantir selling off, they had a bang-up quarter. but look at what you're doing. Uh you know, you you guys readily point out in your annual report. I mean, you don't have revenues yet and uh you know, you may not have them for a couple more years to any real substantial degree. I mean yet your stock's up over 150% year to date. I mean, do you get get concerned as a CEO of a company like this?00:32 Subot Well, intrinsically you try not to look at stock price when you're making any important decisions. We try to stay focused on the technology and our road map and how we get to quantum advantage and beyond. Um, yeah, obviously it's tempting as any human being to look at a stock ticker and move it up or down. And um, but you try not to overreact to either movements, movements in either direction and try to keep a level-headed approach to what exactly the company needs to do. In our case and in quantum computing in general, clearly the goal is to improve the technology, get to that quantum advantage and then get to the eventual milestone which we call fault tolerant quantum computing. We're talking three to five years to quantum advantage, we're probably talking seven to nine years for fault tolerant quantum computing. So we try to stay focused on the long term. Uh, hopefully the stock continues to do well. Uh we try to be as clear as possible with our investors that we are still sales really don't matter. It's still all about technology development at this time. But it is, people will react and uh it is intrinsically once you're a public company, it is tempting to look at a stock price, but we try not to react to that.01:54 Speaker A Subot, real quick, do you have one big prediction for 2026 in terms of AI that that may surprise people?02:04 Subot I believe there's some uh studies that are already coming out that suggest that a quantum computing plus AI is a much more elegant, faster, better way to get to AGI. And uh as of right now, that's still hasn't been digested uh by most investors. But I think 2026, if I can predict one big thing, it would be quantum computing plus AI will start really making inroads uh with hybrid systems that we are developing with partners like Nvidia and so on. So I think it'll be exciting to see what quantum computing plus AI and how we can get to AGI that way. 02:09 AI could be 'world-altering' & also end in 'financial calamity' Yahoo Finance Video • 6h ago 03:01 Android exec. explains 'vision' for users' Google AI experience Yahoo Finance Video • 19h ago 04:12 CES 2026 biggest takeaways: Nvidia and beyond Yahoo Finance Video • 20h ago 04:29 Micron stock pops on AI-driven demand: Bull vs.