Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, and Short-term Investments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	$ 9,327,973	$ 9,583,083
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	3,260
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Estimated Fair Value	9,327,973	9,586,343
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	9,287,287	7,804,733
Short-term Investments
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	37,105	1,779,006
Other Current Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	3,437	2,472
Non-current Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	144	132
Cash
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	4,587,643	4,866,753
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Estimated Fair Value	4,587,643	4,866,753
Cash \| Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	4,584,122	4,864,207
Cash \| Short-term Investments
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	0	0
Cash \| Other Current Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	3,437	2,472
Cash \| Non-current Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	84	74
Money market funds \| Level 1 securities:
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	4,137,331	2,676,314
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Estimated Fair Value	4,137,331	2,676,314
Money market funds \| Cash and Cash Equivalents \| Level 1 securities:
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	4,137,271	2,676,256
Money market funds \| Short-term Investments \| Level 1 securities:
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	0	0
Money market funds \| Other Current Assets \| Level 1 securities:
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	0	0
Money market funds \| Non-current Assets \| Level 1 securities:
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	60	58
Time Deposits \| Level 2 securities:
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	602,999	301,374
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Estimated Fair Value	602,999	301,374
Time Deposits \| Cash and Cash Equivalents \| Level 2 securities:
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	565,894	264,270
Time Deposits \| Short-term Investments \| Level 2 securities:
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	37,105	37,104
Time Deposits \| Other Current Assets \| Level 2 securities:
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	0	0
Time Deposits \| Non-current Assets \| Level 2 securities:
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	$ 0	0
Government securities \| Level 2 securities:
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Amortized Cost		1,738,642
Gross Unrealized Gains		3,260
Gross Unrealized Losses		0
Estimated Fair Value		1,741,902
Government securities \| Cash and Cash Equivalents \| Level 2 securities:
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments		0
Government securities \| Short-term Investments \| Level 2 securities:
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments		1,741,902
Government securities \| Other Current Assets \| Level 2 securities:
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments		0
Government securities \| Non-current Assets \| Level 2 securities:
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments		$ 0

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