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Class of Warrant or Right, Warrants Reclassified

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126973232&loc=d3e21475-112644

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Amount of impairment loss on investment in equity security without readily determinable fair value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 321
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126980263&loc=SL75117539-209714

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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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Investments and fair value measurements - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Exercise price of warrants (in USD per share)			$ 0.196
Fair value of warrants			$ 0.2
Impairment of strategic investment	$ 2.9	$ 2.9
Series A-1 Preferred Stock
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Issuance of convertible preferred stock, net of issuance costs (in shares)			12,595