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Warrants issued and outstanding.

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Amount of increase in additional paid in capital (APIC) resulting from the issuance of warrants. Includes allocation of proceeds of debt securities issued with detachable stock purchase warrants.

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Date the warrants or rights are exercisable, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

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

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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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Number of securities into which each warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, each warrant may be converted into two shares.

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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The number of new shares issued in the conversion of stock in a noncash (or part noncash) transaction. Noncash is defined as transactions during a period that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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Amount of expense (income) related to adjustment to fair value of warrant liability.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from holders exercising their stock warrants.

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Value of outstanding derivative securities that permit the holder the right to purchase securities (usually equity) from the issuer at a specified price.

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Warrants - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 22, 2021
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants exercise price							$ 11.50
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights							11.50
Warrants and rights outstanding		$ 0		$ 0		$ 58,227
Number of securities called by each warrant or right		2,951,781		2,951,781
Cash proceeds from warrants issued				$ 126
Gain on fair value of exercise of warrants		$ 0	$ 33,947	(13,482)	$ 39,424
Estimated fair value of warrants			$ 2,975
Common Stock Warrants [Member]
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants and rights outstanding		$ 10,969		$ 10,969
Public Warrants [Member]
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants issued		10,383,077		10,383,077
Warrants exercise price							0.2843
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights		10,383,077		10,383,077
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights							$ 0.2843
Warrants and rights outstanding		$ 1,592,080		$ 1,592,080
Number of securities called by each warrant or right		0		0
Number of warrants issued				10,969
Class of warrant or right, date from which warrants or rights exercisable				Sep. 29, 2021
Cash proceeds from warrants issued	$ 27
Warrants Issued and Outstanding	270,470	5,600,000		5,600,000
Warrant exercise price per share	$ 0.10
Public Warrants and Private Warrants [Member]
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Gain on fair value of exercise of warrants				$ 13,482
Common Stock [Member]
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants exercise price		$ 11.50		$ 11.50
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights		$ 11.50		$ 11.50
Warrants and rights outstanding		$ 10,666,666		$ 10,666,666
Common Stock [Member] \| Private Placement Warrants [Member]
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants exercise price		$ 11.50		$ 11.50
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights		$ 11.50		$ 11.50
Warrants and rights outstanding		$ 5,600,000		$ 5,600,000