Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Changes in Level 3 Fair Value Measurements (Detail) - Level 3 [Member] - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	$ 74,247,485	$ 58,971,415
Change in fair value	$ (18,866,862)	$ 8,302,866
Fair Value, Liability, Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Gain (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]	Gain (Loss) on Derivative Instruments, Net, Pretax	Gain (Loss) on Derivative Instruments, Net, Pretax
Issuance of new instrument		$ 7,332,266
Issuance of new funding		4,633
Warrants Exercised		(184,600)
Debt conversion to equity	$ (341,601)	(179,095)
Added conversion option (embedded derivative)	851,000
Classification of warrant as liability	7,754,438
Warrant repricing	1,156,676
Ending Balance	64,801,136	74,247,485
37N Note Embedded Derivative [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	702,291	0
Change in fair value	(360,690)	457,690
Issuance of new instrument		423,696
Issuance of new funding		0
Warrants Exercised		0
Debt conversion to equity	(341,601)	(179,095)
Added conversion option (embedded derivative)	0
Classification of warrant as liability	0
Warrant repricing	0
Ending Balance	0	702,291
March 2023 Warrants [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	0	0
Change in fair value	(6,651,996)	0
Issuance of new instrument		0
Issuance of new funding		0
Warrants Exercised		0
Debt conversion to equity	0	0
Added conversion option (embedded derivative)	0
Classification of warrant as liability	7,754,438
Warrant repricing	808,508
Ending Balance	1,910,950	0
December 2023 Warrants [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	2,392,563	0
Change in fair value	(1,913,695)	0
Issuance of new instrument		2,392,563
Issuance of new funding		0
Warrants Exercised		0
Debt conversion to equity	0	0
Added conversion option (embedded derivative)	0
Classification of warrant as liability	0
Warrant repricing	348,168
Ending Balance	827,036	2,392,563
Put Option Liability [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	5,637,162	0
Change in fair value	(5,637,162)	1,121,155
Issuance of new instrument		4,516,007
Issuance of new funding		0
Warrants Exercised		0
Debt conversion to equity	0	0
Added conversion option (embedded derivative)	0
Classification of warrant as liability	0
Warrant repricing	0
Ending Balance	0	5,637,162
March 2023 Conversion Option [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	0	0
Change in fair value	2,055,000	0
Issuance of new instrument		0
Issuance of new funding		0
Warrants Exercised		0
Debt conversion to equity	0	0
Added conversion option (embedded derivative)	690,000
Classification of warrant as liability	0
Warrant repricing	0
Ending Balance	2,745,000	0
December 2023 Conversion Option [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	0	0
Change in fair value	146,000	0
Issuance of new instrument		0
Issuance of new funding		0
Warrants Exercised		0
Debt conversion to equity	0	0
Added conversion option (embedded derivative)	161,000
Classification of warrant as liability	0
Warrant repricing	0
Ending Balance	307,000	0
Litigation Financing [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	52,115,647	45,368,948
Change in fair value	4,834,730	6,742,066
Issuance of new instrument		0
Issuance of new funding		4,633
Warrants Exercised		0
Debt conversion to equity	0	0
Added conversion option (embedded derivative)	0
Classification of warrant as liability	0
Warrant repricing	0
Ending Balance	56,950,377	52,115,647
2022 Warrants [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	13,399,822	13,602,467
Change in fair value	(11,339,049)	(18,045)
Issuance of new instrument		0
Issuance of new funding		0
Warrants Exercised		(184,600)
Debt conversion to equity	0	0
Added conversion option (embedded derivative)	0
Classification of warrant as liability	0
Warrant repricing	0
Ending Balance	$ 2,060,773	$ 13,399,822

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