Fair Value Measurements

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements

4. Fair Value Measurements

We measure our cash equivalents and short-term investments at fair value. Fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or a liability. A three-tier fair value hierarchy is established as a basis for considering such assumptions and for inputs used in the valuation methodologies in measuring fair value:

Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2: Directly or indirectly observable market-based inputs or unobservable inputs used in models or other valuation methodologies.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data. The inputs require significant management judgment or estimation.

We classify our cash equivalents and short-term investments within Level 1 or Level 2 because our cash equivalents and short-term investments are valued using quoted market prices or alternative pricing sources and models utilizing market observable inputs.

Assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 are summarized below (in thousands):

	September 30, 2018						December 31, 2017
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Direct or Indirect Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Total		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Direct or Indirect Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Total
Assets
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds	$	1,981	$	—	$	1,981	$	2,274	$	—	$	2,274
Corporate commercial paper		—		1,746		1,746		—		3,245		3,245
Corporate debt		—		—		—		—		1,000		1,000
Total cash equivalents		1,981		1,746		3,727		2,274		4,245		6,519
Short-term investments:
Corporate commercial paper		—		3,231		3,231		—		5,480		5,480
Corporate debt		—		2,648		2,648		—		6,415		6,415
Total short-term investments		—		5,879		5,879		—		11,895		11,895
Total assets measured at fair value	$	1,981	$	7,625	$	9,606	$	2,274	$	16,140	$	18,414

As of September 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, contractual maturities of our short-term investments were less than one year, and gross unrealized gains and losses on those investments were not material.