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Per share price upon reset of per-share exercise price of all stock options previously granted under the Plan.

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Number of shares vested upon option repricing of stock options previously granted under the plan.

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Amount of expense for employee benefit and equity-based compensation.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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STOCK BASED COMPENSATION - Plans (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Aug. 02, 2022	Aug. 01, 2022	May 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Options
Stock-based compensation
Weighted Average Remaining Recognition Period (in years)				2 years 3 months 18 days	2 years 6 months
2019 Plan
Stock-based compensation
Shares reserved (in shares)			4,530,000
New shares reserved (in shares)			1,618,841
Reserved shares available from 2016 Plan (in shares)			2,911,159
Increase in number of shares reserved and available for issuance (as a percent)			5.00%
Option exercise price upon option repricing (in dollars per share)	$ 1.05
Options vested upon option repricing (in Shares)	1,797,517
Options non-vested upon option repricing (in Shares)	1,380,917
Incremental stock based compensation expense	$ 1.4
Weighted Average Remaining Recognition Period (in years)	2 years 4 months 24 days
Number of shares available for future issuance				1,331,659
2019 Plan \| Maximum
Stock-based compensation
Option exercise price upon option repricing (in dollars per share)		$ 49.60
2019 Plan \| Minimum
Stock-based compensation
Option exercise price upon option repricing (in dollars per share)		$ 1.22
2019 Plan \| Options
Stock-based compensation
Maximum number of shares authorized for issuance			13,000,000
Expiration period			10 years
Vesting period			4 years
2019 Plan \| Vested stock option
Stock-based compensation
Incremental stock based compensation expense	$ 0.9
2019 Plan \| Non-vested stock option
Stock-based compensation
Incremental stock based compensation expense	$ 0.5