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Cash and Cash Equivalents and Investments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2022
Cash and Cash Equivalents and Investments [Abstract] |
Schedule of Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments [Table Text Block] |
|  | As of September 30, 2022
|  | Amortized Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Estimated Fair Value
|  | (in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 18,834 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 18,834 |
Securities maturing within one year: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. treasury securities |  | 97,984 |  |  | — |  |  | (385) |  |  | 97,599 |
Corporate debt securities |  | 19,876 |  |  | 1 |  |  | (107) |  |  | 19,770 |
Total short-term investments |  | $ | 117,860 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (492) |  |  | $ | 117,369 |
Total cash and cash equivalents and investments |  | $ | 136,694 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (492) |  |  | $ | 136,203 |
|  | As of December 31, 2021
|  | Amortized Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Estimated Fair Value
|  |  |  | (in thousands) |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 64,066 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1) |  |  | $ | 64,065 |
Securities maturing within one year: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. treasury securities |  | 7,562 |  |  | — |  |  | (1) |  |  | 7,561 |
Corporate debt securities |  | 15,125 |  |  | — |  |  | (8) |  |  | 15,117 |
Total short-term investments |  | $ | 22,687 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (9) |  |  | $ | 22,678 |
Total cash and cash equivalents and investments |  | $ | 86,753 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (10) |  |  | $ | 86,743 |

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