Rising over 29% in mid-day trade Thursday, Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ:RGTI) continues its amazing surge. Over the past month, the stock is up over 744%, 1,390% year-to-date, and over 1,422% in the past six months alone. The jump underscores growing investor excitement about quantum computing, a transforming technology that's likely to mimic the rapid ascent of AI. Excitement over the sector's potential is driven by quantum discoveries including Google's "Willow" device capability of solving problems in minutes that would take conventional supercomputers billions of years.