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Royalty Received From Licensing Revenue

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Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, to be Paid, Year Six

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Losses recognized in the current period on contracts which are expected to generate losses, which are probable and can be reasonably estimated, in a future period.

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The amount of cash paid for royalties during the current period.

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Amount of fixed and determinable portion of unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation to be paid in fifth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach). Includes, but is not limited to, lease not yet commenced.

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Amount of fixed and determinable portion of unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation to be paid in next fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach). Includes, but is not limited to, lease not yet commenced.

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Amount of fixed and determinable portion of unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation to be paid in second fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach). Includes, but is not limited to, lease not yet commenced.

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Amount of fixed and determinable portion of unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation to be paid in third fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach). Includes, but is not limited to, lease not yet commenced.

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Amount of unrecorded obligation to transfer funds in future for fixed or minimum amount or quantity of product and service at fixed or minimum price. Includes, but is not limited to, lease not yet commenced and take-or-pay and throughput contracts.

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The amount purchased during the period under an unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation (for example, under the take-or-pay or throughput contract).

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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail)					1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2027 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2026 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2025 USD ($)	Aug. 29, 2023	Jan. 31, 2026 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2025 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2026 USD ($)	Oct. 03, 2025 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2022 USD ($)
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation, term (in years)			4 years	5 years
Unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation, year one			$ 10,000,000.0								$ 6,000,000.0	$ 8,000,000.0
Unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation, year two			13,000,000.0								8,000,000.0	28,000,000.0
Unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation, year three			16,000,000.0								12,000,000.0	54,000,000.0
Unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation, year four			$ 19,000,000.0								18,000,000.0	86,000,000.0
Unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation, year five											28,000,000.0	113,000,000.0
Unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation, to be paid, year six											38,000,000.0
Unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation, purchases						$ 4,000,000.0
Unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation											$ 110,000,000	$ 289,000,000	$ 58,000,000.0
Loss on contracts								$ 8,700,000
Forecast
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation, purchases	$ 6,000,000.0	$ 5,000,000.0
Forecast \| Surety Bond
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Amount required to fund										$ 47,000,000.0
Strategic Cloud and AI Partnership with Google Cloud
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Contractual shortfall liability								$ 20,900,000
Strategic Cloud and AI Partnership with Google Cloud \| Subsequent Event
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Contractual shortfall liability, required payment					$ 14,000,000.0
StrideBio
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Asset acquisition, consideration transferred									$ 0
Royalty received from licensing revenue								0.10
Royalty received from license or sale of a product								0.40
StrideBio \| Common Class A
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Asset acquisition, consideration transferred							$ 21,300,000