Share-Based Payments - Summary of Information About Stock Options Outstanding (Details) - Precigen Stock Option Plans - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Options outstanding, number of options (in shares)	12,260,187	11,255,896
Options outstanding, weighted average exercise price (in usd per share)	$ 14.06	$ 15.53	$ 21.94	$ 27.95
Options outstanding, weighted average remaining life (in years)	6 years 9 months 14 days	7 years 3 months
Options outstanding, aggregate intrinsic value	$ 1,329	$ 19,482
Options exercisable, number of options (in shares)	7,078,840	5,437,667
Options exercisable, weighted average exercise price (in usd per share)	$ 16.69	$ 19.61
Options exercisable, weighted average remaining life (in years)	5 years 7 months 2 days	5 years 7 months 9 days
Options exercisable, aggregate intrinsic value	$ 1,327	$ 9,707
Price range 1
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Stock options, exercise price range, lower limit (in usd per share)	$ 1.55	$ 1.55
Stock options, exercise price range, upper limit (in usd per share)	$ 5.95	$ 5.95
Options outstanding, number of options (in shares)	3,290,348	3,259,685
Options outstanding, weighted average exercise price (in usd per share)	$ 4.64	$ 4.63
Options outstanding, weighted average remaining life (in years)	8 years 2 months 4 days	8 years 11 months 1 day
Options outstanding, aggregate intrinsic value	$ 1,329	$ 18,157
Options exercisable, number of options (in shares)	2,031,348	1,271,310
Options exercisable, weighted average exercise price (in usd per share)	$ 4.15	$ 3.11
Options exercisable, weighted average remaining life (in years)	7 years 11 months 23 days	8 years 8 months 23 days
Options exercisable, aggregate intrinsic value	$ 1,327	$ 9,018
Price range 2
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Stock options, exercise price range, lower limit (in usd per share)	$ 6.01	$ 6.06
Stock options, exercise price range, upper limit (in usd per share)	$ 11.90	$ 15.09
Options outstanding, number of options (in shares)	3,568,102	2,261,216
Options outstanding, weighted average exercise price (in usd per share)	$ 9.69	$ 11.01
Options outstanding, weighted average remaining life (in years)	8 years 5 months 15 days	8 years 2 months 23 days
Options outstanding, aggregate intrinsic value	$ 0	$ 1,325
Options exercisable, number of options (in shares)	833,104	345,788
Options exercisable, weighted average exercise price (in usd per share)	$ 9.79	$ 9.09
Options exercisable, weighted average remaining life (in years)	7 years 10 months 24 days	4 years 9 months 3 days
Options exercisable, aggregate intrinsic value	$ 0	$ 689
Price range 3
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Stock options, exercise price range, lower limit (in usd per share)	$ 12.01	$ 15.80
Stock options, exercise price range, upper limit (in usd per share)	$ 20.94	$ 20.94
Options outstanding, number of options (in shares)	3,068,340	3,028,309
Options outstanding, weighted average exercise price (in usd per share)	$ 18.59	$ 18.85
Options outstanding, weighted average remaining life (in years)	6 years 1 month 2 days	7 years 4 months 17 days
Options outstanding, aggregate intrinsic value	$ 0	$ 0
Options exercisable, number of options (in shares)	1,880,991	1,216,258
Options exercisable, weighted average exercise price (in usd per share)	$ 19.16	$ 19.82
Options exercisable, weighted average remaining life (in years)	4 years 11 months 4 days	5 years 7 months 13 days
Options exercisable, aggregate intrinsic value	$ 0	$ 0
Price range 4
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Stock options, exercise price range, lower limit (in usd per share)	$ 21.13	$ 21.13
Stock options, exercise price range, upper limit (in usd per share)	$ 45.69	$ 36.84
Options outstanding, number of options (in shares)	2,332,393	2,303,371
Options outstanding, weighted average exercise price (in usd per share)	$ 28.06	$ 26.33
Options outstanding, weighted average remaining life (in years)	3 years 2 months 19 days	4 years 3 months 25 days
Options outstanding, aggregate intrinsic value	$ 0	$ 0
Options exercisable, number of options (in shares)	2,332,393	2,200,996
Options exercisable, weighted average exercise price (in usd per share)	$ 28.06	$ 26.52
Options exercisable, weighted average remaining life (in years)	3 years 2 months 19 days	4 years 2 months 19 days
Options exercisable, aggregate intrinsic value	$ 0	$ 0
Price range 5
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Stock options, exercise price range, lower limit (in usd per share)	$ 47.35	$ 37.88
Stock options, exercise price range, upper limit (in usd per share)	$ 47.35	$ 47.35
Options outstanding, number of options (in shares)	1,004	403,315
Options outstanding, weighted average exercise price (in usd per share)	$ 47.35	$ 42.26
Options outstanding, weighted average remaining life (in years)	3 years 6 months 3 days	4 years 3 days
Options outstanding, aggregate intrinsic value	$ 0	$ 0
Options exercisable, number of options (in shares)	1,004	403,315
Options exercisable, weighted average exercise price (in usd per share)	$ 47.35	$ 42.26
Options exercisable, weighted average remaining life (in years)	3 years 6 months 3 days	4 years 3 days
Options exercisable, aggregate intrinsic value	$ 0	$ 0