By Deepa Seetharaman OAKLAND, California, May 19 (Reuters) - OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman beat Elon Musk in federal court on Monday, but the win came at the cost of hearing his former colleagues call him a liar - repeatedly - under oath.

Musk loses OpenAI lawsuit as jury backs Altman, rejecting claims nonprofit mission was betrayed in major AI court fight.

Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and its leaders, a jury in Oakland, California, decided on Monday. A lawsuit he filed was barred by the statute of limitations, the jury found after about 90 minutes of deliberation.

Watch: Why Elon Musk lost in the OpenAI court battle against Sam Altman A California jury has tossed out Elon Musk's high-profile lawsuit against OpenAI and its boss Sam Altman. In a unanimous verdict,

In an exclusive interview with Forbes hours after losing his high-wattage legal battle with OpenAI, the SpaceX chief sounded off on the verdict.

We sifted through evidence and testimony to figure out how billionaires Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman ended up in a courtroom.

Altman spent most of his recent testimony in the ongoing court case deflecting blame, saying Elon Musk was the real control freak.

Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI made their final arguments Thursday in the landmark trial whose outcome could shape the future of artificial intelligence.