Conversion ratio of common stock.

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Percentage of number of exchangeable shares issued remain outstanding.

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Percentage of voting securities.

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Total number of shares of other common stock instruments held by shareholders, such as exchangeable shares. May be all or portion of the number of common shares authorized.

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Total number of common shares of an entity that have been sold or granted to shareholders (includes common shares that were issued, repurchased and remain in the treasury). These shares represent capital invested by the firm's shareholders and owners, and may be all or only a portion of the number of shares authorized. Shares issued include shares outstanding and shares held in the treasury.

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Per share excess of preference in liquidation over convertible debt instrument's if-converted par or stated value of share.

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Threshold period of specified consecutive trading days within which common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instrument must exceed threshold percentage for specified number of trading days to trigger conversion feature.

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Threshold number of specified trading days that common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments must exceed threshold percentage within a specified consecutive trading period to trigger conversion feature.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Business Combination - Additional Information (Details) shares in Thousands, d in Thousands		9 Months Ended
	Dec. 17, 2021 d $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2022 shares	Dec. 31, 2021 shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Exchangeable shares and common stock	9,295,097	9,112	9,295
Common stock, shares issued		12,757	12,284
Trading days \| d	20
Consecutive trading days \| d	30
Consecutive trading days per share \| $ / shares	$ 8.57
Common Stock \| Peraso Tech
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Conversion ratio of common stock		0.045239122387267
Percentage of number of exchangeable shares issued remain outstanding		10.00%
Percentage of voting securities		50.00%
Common Stock \| Peraso Tech \| Former Security Holders
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		61.00%
Peraso Shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Exchangeable shares and common stock	1,312,878
Common stock, shares issued	3,558,151
Escrow Shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Exchangeable shares and common stock	502,567