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Cash and Cash Equivalents and Investments (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2023
Cash and Cash Equivalents and Investments [Abstract] |
Schedule of Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments [Table Text Block] |
|  | As of March 31, 2023
|  | Amortized Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Estimated Fair Value
|  | (in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 26,000 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 26,001 |
Securities maturing within one year: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. treasury securities |  | 70,894 |  |  | 9 |  |  | (142) |  |  | 70,761 |
Corporate debt securities |  | 9,206 |  |  | — |  |  | (31) |  |  | 9,175 |
Total short-term investments |  | $ | 80,100 |  |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | (173) |  |  | $ | 79,936 |
Total cash and cash equivalents and investments |  | $ | 106,100 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | (173) |  |  | $ | 105,937 |
|  | As of December 31, 2022
|  | Amortized Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Estimated Fair Value
|  |  |  | (in thousands) |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 46,345 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 46,345 |
Securities maturing within one year: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. treasury securities |  | 74,022 |  |  | — |  |  | (342) |  |  | 73,680 |
Corporate debt securities |  | 18,418 |  |  | — |  |  | (86) |  |  | 18,332 |
Total short-term investments |  | $ | 92,440 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (428) |  |  | $ | 92,012 |
Total cash and cash equivalents and investments |  | $ | 138,785 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (428) |  |  | $ | 138,357 |

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