Evoken
Evoken (Chinese: 演语科技) is an AI application company founded by Chen Mian. It operates three products — Liblib, Lovart, and LibTV — whose shared job is turning raw model capability into applications for specific creative workflows.
Business and product line
According to Chen Mian’s interview with LatePost (republished full text), the company started from Liblib, a community for image generation and model asset sharing. Lovart, which opened its beta in May 2025, is an AI design agent built around a canvas-plus-conversation interface. LibTV, launched in March 2026, is an AI video tool. In the interview, Chen Mian describes the common role of the three products as an “alignment layer” between model capability and user needs: “The model is a DSLR camera… the application layer is the photographer.”
The interview also notes that Chen Mian previously worked on the Jianying (CapCut) team, and that the company went through several product pivots. The dates, product positioning, and quotes above all come from that interview and reflect the interviewee’s own account; the company’s operating and funding figures follow official sources.
Discussion in the show
In the two imported episodes, hosts reference Chen Mian personally rather than Evoken or its products by name. In Weekly #001’s chapter “不要羞于卖 Token：体验套利与中转站机会” (Don’t be shy about selling tokens), Orange says “看一下冕神，冕神这么领先” — look at Mian-shen, so far ahead; in the same episode’s chapter on the AI application market, Orange cites “比如陈冕那种，你包装成什么 Plan” — Chen Mian-style subscription packaging as an example. In Weekly #002’s cloud-computer chapter, Xiangyang Qiaomu counts Chen Mian among the industry figures “a year ahead” in judgment, and in the music-and-image-editing chapter Yang Pan remarks that the music industry is “still a year behind Mian-shen”. These are the hosts’ personal assessments, not endorsements of the company or its products.
Frequently asked questions
What is Evoken?
Evoken (演语科技) is an AI application company founded by Chen Mian. Its products are Liblib (image community), Lovart (AI design agent), and LibTV (AI video tool).
Who founded Evoken?
Chen Mian, who according to his LatePost interview previously worked on the Jianying (CapCut) team. See the Chen Mian profile.
What products does Evoken run?
Per the LatePost interview: Liblib, an image generation and model asset community and the company’s starting point; Lovart, an AI design agent whose beta opened in May 2025; and LibTV, an AI video tool launched in March 2026. See the Liblib, Lovart, and LibTV profiles.
How are Liblib, Lovart, and LibTV related?
All three belong to Evoken. In Chen Mian’s account, they follow one logic: an “alignment layer” between models and users, packaging model capability into subscription applications for concrete creative scenarios.
Why does searching “Evoken” show a metal band?
In English, Evoken is also the name of an American doom metal band, unrelated to the AI company. Searching for 演语科技 or combining the name with Liblib, Lovart, or LibTV avoids the ambiguity.