Aggregate exercise price of preferred warrants.

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Stockholders equity note.

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481112/505-10-50-3

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Amount of deferred income and obligation to transfer product and service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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Period between issuance and expiration of outstanding warrant and right embodying unconditional obligation requiring redemption by transferring asset at specified or determinable date or upon event certain to occur, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
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Stockholders' Equity - Equity Offerings and Placements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 29, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023	Aug. 14, 2023	Mar. 27, 2023
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Deferred revenue	$ 10.0	$ 10.0
Tranche A Warrants \| Common Purchase Agreement
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Number of warrants outstanding (in shares)			31,110	31,110
Aggregate exercise price of preferred warrants	0.1
Tranche B Warrants \| Common Purchase Agreement
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Number of warrants outstanding (in shares)				16,666
Aggregate exercise price of preferred warrants	$ 0.1
Warrants exercisable, period		21 days