Approaching the end of "Foundation" Season 1, two versions of Hari Seldon are in play: a digital upload of his consciousness on a spaceship tasked with starting a new Foundation on his home planet of Helicon, and the version of himself revealed to inhabit the Vault near the original Foundation on Terminus. These two Foundations — each founded in order to counteract the Empire's imminent fall, as predicted by Hari Seldon's psychohistory — should provide the overarching basis for the plot of "Foundation" Season 2. The original Foundation too is now bolstered by the acquisition of the starship Invictus, which is supposed to be one of the most powerful weapons in the known universe. As per Hari Seldon's instructions, this will merely be the first ship in a larger fleet.
The architects of the Empire, meanwhile, now knows that Day and possibly even Dusk are not exact clones of Cleon I, setting up inquiry into the legitimacy of their genetic dynasty as a major Season 2 plot point. Finally, as teased at the final episode of Season 1's end, Gaal Dornick and Salvor Hardin meet on Gaal's home world of Synnax 138 years in the future, teasing a new timeline in the upcoming season. All the while, the Empire's inevitable collapse, as predicted by Hari Seldon, draws ever closer, meaning that some significant galactic upheaval is in store for these and other characters alike.
