Nature of the Business	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Nature of Operations	Note 1. Nature of the Business Alpha Teknova, Inc. (referred to herein as the Company or Teknova), produces critical reagents for the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, vaccines, and molecular diagnostics. Product offerings include pre-poured media plates for cell growth and cloning; liquid cell culture media and supplements for cellular expansion; and molecular biology reagents for sample manipulation, resuspension, and purification. Teknova supports customers spanning the life sciences market, including pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, contract development and manufacturing organizations, in vitro diagnostic franchises, and academic and government research institutions, with catalog and custom, made-to-order products. Teknova manufactures its products at its Hollister, California headquarters and stocks inventory of raw materials, components, and finished goods at that location. The Company ships products directly from its warehouse in Hollister, California. Concurrent Registered Direct Offering and Private Placements On September 15, 2023, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the Registered Direct Purchase Agreement) in connection with a registered direct offering (the Registered Direct Offering) with certain accredited investors and qualified institutional buyers. On September 15, 2023, the Company also entered into a securities purchase agreement (the PIPE Purchase Agreement and, together with the Registered Direct Purchase Agreement, the Purchase Agreements) and a registration rights agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement) in connection with a concurrent private placement (the PIPE Private Placement) with certain accredited investors and qualified institutional buyers. Pursuant to the Registered Direct Purchase Agreement, the Company sold 1,086,485 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.00001 par value per share (the Common Stock) at an offering price of $1.85 per share. Pursuant to the PIPE Purchase Agreement, the Company sold 11,299,993 shares of Common Stock (the PIPE Shares), at the same offering price of $1.85 per share. The Company’s controlling stockholder, Telegraph Hill Partners Management Company LLC, through its affiliates Telegraph Hill Partners IV, L.P. and THP IV Affiliates Fund, LLC, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of its board of directors, Stephen Gunstream, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Matthew Lowell, and the Company’s General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Damon Terrill, and the Mackowski Family Trust, which is affiliated with J. Matthew Mackowski, a member of the Company’s board of directors, participated in the PIPE Private Placement and purchased an aggregate of 9,054,052 shares of common stock on the same terms as the other investors. The Company received aggregate gross proceeds of $22.915 million from the Registered Direct Offering and PIPE Private Placement (collectively, the Offerings), before deducting offering expenses related to the Offerings. As of December 31, 2023, $0.4 million of costs directly related to these Offerings were included as a reduction to additional paid-in capital on the balance sheet. The Offerings closed on September 19, 2023.

Nature of the Business

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Note 1. Nature of the Business

Alpha Teknova, Inc. (referred to herein as the Company or Teknova), produces critical reagents for the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, vaccines, and molecular diagnostics. Product offerings include pre-poured media plates for cell growth and cloning; liquid cell culture media and supplements for cellular expansion; and molecular biology reagents for sample manipulation, resuspension, and purification. Teknova supports customers spanning the life sciences market, including pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, contract development and manufacturing organizations, in vitro diagnostic franchises, and academic and government research institutions, with catalog and custom, made-to-order products.

Teknova manufactures its products at its Hollister, California headquarters and stocks inventory of raw materials, components, and finished goods at that location. The Company ships products directly from its warehouse in Hollister, California.

Concurrent Registered Direct Offering and Private Placements

On September 15, 2023, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the Registered Direct Purchase Agreement) in connection with a registered direct offering (the Registered Direct Offering) with certain accredited investors and qualified institutional buyers. On September 15, 2023, the Company also entered into a securities purchase agreement (the PIPE Purchase Agreement and, together with the Registered Direct Purchase Agreement, the Purchase Agreements) and a registration rights agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement) in connection with a concurrent private placement (the PIPE Private Placement) with certain accredited investors and qualified institutional buyers.

Pursuant to the Registered Direct Purchase Agreement, the Company sold 1,086,485 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.00001 par value per share (the Common Stock) at an offering price of $1.85 per share. Pursuant to the PIPE Purchase Agreement, the Company sold 11,299,993 shares of Common Stock (the PIPE Shares), at the same offering price of $1.85 per share.

The Company’s controlling stockholder, Telegraph Hill Partners Management Company LLC, through its affiliates Telegraph Hill Partners IV, L.P. and THP IV Affiliates Fund, LLC, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of its board of directors, Stephen Gunstream, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Matthew Lowell, and the Company’s General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Damon Terrill, and the Mackowski Family Trust, which is affiliated with J. Matthew Mackowski, a member of the Company’s board of directors, participated in the PIPE Private Placement and purchased an aggregate of 9,054,052 shares of common stock on the same terms as the other investors.

The Company received aggregate gross proceeds of $22.915 million from the Registered Direct Offering and PIPE Private Placement (collectively, the Offerings), before deducting offering expenses related to the Offerings. As of December 31, 2023, $0.4 million of costs directly related to these Offerings were included as a reduction to additional paid-in capital on the balance sheet.

The Offerings closed on September 19, 2023.