Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Reconciliation of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrant Liability (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	$ 7,679	$ 2,976
Issuances	0	74,284
Settlements	0	(2,976)
Change in fair value	(6,957)	(56,621)
Ending Balance	722	17,663
Redeemable convertible preferred stock tranche obligation
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance		2,832
Issuances		0
Settlements		(2,832)
Change in fair value		0
Ending Balance		0
Historic warrants
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance		144
Issuances		0
Settlements		(144)
Change in fair value		0
Ending Balance		0
Earnout shares
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	7,679	0
Issuances	0	74,284
Settlements	0	0
Change in fair value	(6,957)	(56,621)
Ending Balance	$ 722	$ 17,663

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in income from liability measured at fair value on recurring basis using unobservable input (level 3).

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Amount of issuances of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Amount of settlements of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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