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Description of the Business | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Description of the Business | Description of the Business LanzaTech Global, Inc., formerly known as AMCI Acquisition Corp. II (“AMCI”) prior to February 8, 2023, was incorporated as a Delaware corporation on January 28, 2021. On March 8, 2022, LanzaTech NZ, Inc. (“Legacy LanzaTech”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with AMCI and AMCI Merger Sub, Inc. a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of AMCI (“Merger Sub”). On February 8, 2023, Legacy LanzaTech completed its business combination with AMCI by which Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy LanzaTech, with Legacy LanzaTech continuing as the surviving corporation and as a wholly owned subsidiary of AMCI (the “Business Combination”). The reporting entity is LanzaTech Global, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to herein as “the Company”, “LanzaTech” “we”, “us”, “our”). The Company’s common stock trades under the ticker symbol “LNZA” and its Public Warrants trade under the ticker symbol “LNZAW” on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Company is headquartered in Skokie, Illinois, USA. The Company is a nature-based carbon refining company that transforms waste carbon into the chemical building blocks for consumer goods such as fuels, fabrics, and packaging that people use in their daily lives. The Company’s customers leverage its proven proprietary gas fermentation technology platform to convert certain feedstocks, including waste carbon gases, into fuels and chemicals such as ethanol. The Company performs related services such as feasibility studies, engineering services, and research and development (“R&D”) in biotechnology for commercial and government entities. The Company also purchases chemicals produced at customer facilities employing the Company’s technology and sells them under the brand name CarbonSmart. The Company has also been developing the capabilities to produce single cell protein as a primary product from its gas fermentation platform. As of December 31, 2025, the Company’s technology was operated by licensees at four commercial-scale ethanol plants in China, one plant in Belgium, one in the commissioning phase in India, with others currently in development in various countries. Unless otherwise indicated, amounts in these financial statements are presented in thousands, except for share and per share amounts.

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