{"slug": "to-avoid-a-graveyard-of-pilots-seatrium-gives-ai-projects-3-months-to-deliver", "title": "To avoid a ‘graveyard of pilots’, Seatrium gives AI projects 3 months to deliver", "summary": "Seatrium, a Singapore-based offshore and marine engineering group, requires artificial intelligence proof-of-concepts to show measurable business value within three months or be discontinued, a policy aimed at avoiding a 'graveyard of pilots', according to Lee Wey Lii, senior vice-president of digital at Seatrium. After the three-month period, pilots must be stopped or moved into a collaboration stage with safeguards and risk controls before deployment.", "body_md": "# To avoid a ‘graveyard of pilots’, Seatrium gives AI projects 3 months to deliver\n\nShort timeline prevents projects from remaining in experimental stage indefinitely\n\n[SINGAPORE] Seatrium gives selected artificial intelligence proof-of-concepts just three months to demonstrate measurable business value before they are either advanced towards deployment or discontinued.\n\nAt the end of that period, pilots must be stopped or moved into a collaboration stage, where they are refined with safeguards and risk controls before being rolled out.\n\nThis approach is designed to prevent the company from becoming a “graveyard of pilots”, said Lee Wey Lii, senior vice-president of digital at Seatrium.\n\n[TRENDING NOW](/pulse?ref=trending-now)\n\nUOB CEO’s youngest child Grant Wee turns burnout into a wellness business\n\nYeoh Pei Xien: YTL’s third-gen scion with a pastor’s heart\n\nEx-Sakae director Ong Siew Kwee handed 10.5-year jail term for misappropriating S$15.8 million, lying in court\n\nDBS, OCBC surge on strong H1 results but don’t overlook the potential of underdog UOB", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/to-avoid-a-graveyard-of-pilots-seatrium-gives-ai-projects-3-months-to-deliver", "canonical_source": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/avoid-graveyard-pilots-seatrium-gives-ai-projects-3-months-deliver", "published_at": "2026-08-10 07:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-10 07:05:19.129682+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Seatrium", "Lee Wey Lii"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/to-avoid-a-graveyard-of-pilots-seatrium-gives-ai-projects-3-months-to-deliver", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/to-avoid-a-graveyard-of-pilots-seatrium-gives-ai-projects-3-months-to-deliver.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/to-avoid-a-graveyard-of-pilots-seatrium-gives-ai-projects-3-months-to-deliver.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/to-avoid-a-graveyard-of-pilots-seatrium-gives-ai-projects-3-months-to-deliver.jsonld"}}