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Anthony Lawrence is the CEO of Light Rider, a Rigetti partner. He insists that Rigetti is NOT a quantum computing company but rather that it is a quantum processing unit (QPU) company. Let’s look at the facts:
At the top of the home page, we see: “Quantum. Quick. | Our 9-qubit QPU is ready to ship today Order Yours”
Just below that, we see the Novera QPU in the site’s top navigation menu, along with “why,” “what,” “about,” “careers,” and “investors,” but NOT computers
Although a dilution refrigerator shows first, the Novera QPU is prominent right below it
The “what” page reminds us that Rigetti has its own fab for fabricating chips
The “what” page also mentions control systems, the Quantum Cloud Services platform (QCS), and software, but NOT computers
The “Novera” page mentions a “Novera QPU Partner Program,” and that is Rigetti’s only visible partner program
The “Careers” page has a prominent quote about QPUs near the top.
