Class Of Warrant Or Right, Vested, Fair Value

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- Definition

Class Of Warrant Or Right, Vested, Percentage

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- Definition

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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126973232&loc=d3e21475-112644

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- Definition

Amount of lease cost recognized by lessee for lease contract.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=128292326&loc=SL77918686-209980

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 55
-Paragraph 53
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123414884&loc=SL77918982-209971

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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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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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Commitments and contingencies (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022	Nov. 30, 2020	Aug. 13, 2020
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Warrants	$ 1,254		$ 1,892
Lease cost	400	$ 400
Preferred stock warrants
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Warrants, number of shares issuable (in shares)				3,247,637
Warrants vested, percentage					40.00%
Warrants				$ 1,100
Warrants vested, fair value	$ 0