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Minimum service consumption requirement term under license agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Aggregate par or stated value of issued nonredeemable preferred stock (or preferred stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer). This item includes treasury stock repurchased by the entity. Note: elements for number of nonredeemable preferred shares, par value and other disclosure concepts are in another section within stockholders' equity.

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Microsoft Collaboration Agreement - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
preferred stock investment
Microsoft Collaboration Agreement
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Minimum service consumption requirement amount	$ 12,000,000.0
Minimum service consumption requirement term	7 years
Microsoft Collaboration Agreement \| Series F-1 Convertible Preferred Stock
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
preferred stock investment	$ 45,000,000.0