Business acquisition triggered for conversion shares issued for convertible equity security holders.

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Business acquisition triggered for conversion shares issued for note holders.

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Fair value portion of borrowing which can be exchanged for a specified number of another security at the option of the issuer or the holder, for example, but not limited to, the entity's common stock.

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Decrease in the fair value of the embedded derivative or group of embedded derivatives included in earnings in the period.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount of expense (income) related to adjustment to fair value of warrant liability.

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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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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Oct. 29, 2020
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Non-cash loss attributable to change in fair value of warrants	$ 75,400	$ 138,436	$ 75,363	$ 0
Loss related to change in fair value of embedded derivative and convertible equity security			$ 10,100
Public and Private Warrants
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Business combination warrant liability recognized					$ 62,700
2026 Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value of convertible notes		$ 700,900
Class A Common Stock
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Shares issued for convertible equity security holders (in shares)		5,882,352
Shares issued for note holders (in shares)		1,361,268