Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Jul. 31, 2018
Organization And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Required notice period for voluntary termination of collaborative agreement	90 days
Research and development commitments with third parties not incurred	$ 19,909	$ 22,301
Maturity period of highly liquid investment	3 months
Cash equivalent investments in highly liquid money market accounts	$ 2,985	20,697
Restricted cash	$ 43,339	$ 0
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share, amount	15,899,091	12,850,556	13,116,872
Long-term debt, net of current portion	$ 0	$ 179,882
Additional paid-in capital	1,998,314	2,022,701
Accumulated deficit	(1,868,567)	$ (1,915,556)
Non-cash interest expense	$ 11,800
Convertible debt
Organization And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share, amount	2,542,420	11,732,440	11,732,440
3.5% Convertible Notes Due 2023
Organization And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Conversion price (in usd per share)	$ 17.05			$ 17.05
Non-cash interest expense	$ 1,042	$ 11,735	$ 10,587
Cumulative effect of adoption of ASU 2020-06
Organization And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Long-term debt, net of current portion		18,196
Additional paid-in capital		(36,868)
Accumulated deficit		$ 18,672
Minimum
Organization And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Expected useful life of intangible asset	3 years
Maximum
Organization And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Expected useful life of intangible asset	18 years
Precigen Stock Option Plans
Organization And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Expected dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Products and services revenues
Organization And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Product and service revenues, standard payment terms	30 days