Fair Value - Financial Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Oct. 02, 2022
Liabilities:
Brookfield SAFE liability			$ 50,000
Warrants	$ 4,012	$ 7,614
Fair Value, Recurring
Assets:
Cash equivalents	39,298	28,058
Total assets	39,298
Liabilities:
FPA Put Option liability	50,192	37,523
Fixed Maturity Consideration	7,604	7,228
Brookfield SAFE liability	15,475	25,150
Total liabilities	77,283	77,515
Fair Value, Recurring \| Private placement warrants
Liabilities:
Warrants	2,148	3,915
Fair Value, Recurring \| Public warrants
Liabilities:
Warrants	1,864	3,699
Fair Value, Recurring \| Level 1
Assets:
Cash equivalents	39,298	28,058
Total assets	39,298
Liabilities:
FPA Put Option liability	0	0
Fixed Maturity Consideration	0	0
Brookfield SAFE liability	0	0
Total liabilities	1,864	3,699
Fair Value, Recurring \| Level 1 \| Private placement warrants
Liabilities:
Warrants	0	0
Fair Value, Recurring \| Level 1 \| Public warrants
Liabilities:
Warrants	1,864	3,699
Fair Value, Recurring \| Level 2
Assets:
Cash equivalents	0	0
Total assets	0
Liabilities:
FPA Put Option liability	0	0
Fixed Maturity Consideration	0	0
Brookfield SAFE liability	0	0
Total liabilities	0	0
Fair Value, Recurring \| Level 2 \| Private placement warrants
Liabilities:
Warrants	0	0
Fair Value, Recurring \| Level 2 \| Public warrants
Liabilities:
Warrants	0	0
Fair Value, Recurring \| Level 3
Assets:
Cash equivalents	0	0
Total assets	0
Liabilities:
FPA Put Option liability	50,192	37,523
Fixed Maturity Consideration	7,604	7,228
Brookfield SAFE liability	15,475	25,150
Total liabilities	75,419	73,816
Fair Value, Recurring \| Level 3 \| Private placement warrants
Liabilities:
Warrants	2,148	3,915
Fair Value, Recurring \| Level 3 \| Public warrants
Liabilities:
Warrants	$ 0	$ 0

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Fair value portion of probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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