Evoken

Evoken (演语科技) is a Chinese AI creative-product company that operates what was originally the Liblib platform, now building out an AI-powered creative product matrix . It was founded by Chen Mian (陈冕, also known as Malvin), who runs the roughly 200-person company with an aggressive, fast-pivoting operational style .

The company has raised substantial funding across multiple rounds. In June 2026, it closed a nearly $300 million Series B+ round at a post-money valuation exceeding $2 billion, co-led by Granite Asia and Shunwei Capital with participation from HT Investment and Times Capital . Earlier, after its Lovart product launched, Sequoia Capital co-led a $130 million round with CMC Capital and Ant Group . Baidu's strategic investment arm also invested $5 million with a product cooperation requirement attached . Existing shareholders including Source Code Capital, Gaorong Ventures, Ant Group, GSR Ventures, Future Capital, and Sequoia China have continued to back subsequent rounds .

Gaorong Ventures, which co-led Evoken's angel round in 2023, counts the company among its portfolio in the digital AI direction alongside Moonshot AI and Momenta .