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Schedule Of Changes In The Fair Value Of Warrant Liabilities Line Items

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

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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Amount of noncurrent assets classified as other.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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Value of input used to measure outstanding warrant and right embodying unconditional obligation requiring redemption by transferring asset at specified or determinable date or upon event certain to occur.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)
Schedule Of Changes In The Fair Value Of Warrant Liabilities [Line Items]
Class of warrants, exercise price per share \| $ / shares	$ 1.38	$ 1.38
Other noncurrent assets	$ 39,189,000	$ 39,189,000	$ 4,437,000
Dividend Yield [Member]
Schedule Of Changes In The Fair Value Of Warrant Liabilities [Line Items]
Dividend yield	0	0
Subscription Agreement [Member]
Schedule Of Changes In The Fair Value Of Warrant Liabilities [Line Items]
Other noncurrent assets	$ 28,000,000	$ 28,000,000
Impairments of privately held securities		0
Subscription Agreement [Member] \| Convertible Debt Securities Classified as Available-for-sale Investments [Member]
Schedule Of Changes In The Fair Value Of Warrant Liabilities [Line Items]
Other noncurrent assets	23,000,000	23,000,000
Subscription Agreement [Member] \| SAFE Investments [Member]
Schedule Of Changes In The Fair Value Of Warrant Liabilities [Line Items]
Other noncurrent assets	5,000,000	5,000,000
Commercial Contract [Member]
Schedule Of Changes In The Fair Value Of Warrant Liabilities [Line Items]
Revenue recognized from commercial contract	$ 900,000	$ 900,000