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    <periodOfReport>2026-02-04</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001831828</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Vera Therapeutics, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>VERA</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0002006910</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Brenner Robert</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O VERA THERAPEUTICS, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>2000 SIERRA POINT PARKWAY, SUITE 1200</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BRISBANE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94005</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Medical Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-02-04</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>25000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>53098</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>42.74</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-02-04</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>50000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2036-02-03</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                    <value>50000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>50000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
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        </derivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents the number of shares of Class A Common Stock underlying the restricted stock units (&quot;RSUs&quot;) granted under the Issuer's 2021 Equity Incentive Plan. One-fourth of the RSUs, rounded to the nearest whole share, vest on each of February 20, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030, subject to the Reporting Person's continuous service through each vesting date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 624 shares of Class A Common Stock acquired under the Issuer's 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan on March 13, 2025.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">1/48th of the shares subject to the stock option will vest and become exercisable on March 4, 2026, and 1/48th of the shares subject to the stock option will vest and become exercisable monthly on the same day of each month thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continuous service through each vesting date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Joseph R. Young, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-02-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
