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License Agreement - Schedule of intangible assets acquired (Details) - XCOM Labs, Inc. $ in Thousands	Aug. 29, 2023 USD ($)
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Initial Fair Value	$ 560
Weighted-Average Useful Life (years)	5 years
Developed intellectual property
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Initial Fair Value	$ 25,980
Weighted-Average Useful Life (years)	10 years

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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