It simply
appeared.
No lab. No ocean. No official origin story.
One day the whale was just there: bright blue, cheerful, a little mechanical, and weirdly easy to remember.
People kept noticing it. Then they started using it. It slipped into chats, feeds, avatars and wallets until the image stopped feeling like one picture and started feeling like a real identity.
That is the whole idea behind Artificial Whale: a mascot simple enough to remember, but distinct enough to feel like its own thing.