Just like Anthropic spinning off from OpenAI brought some very cool research (particularly liked the functional introspection vs node based stuff), Altman going into his own venture to compete will help diversify the overall space.
And while many seem to be thinking this is going to bode poorly for OpenAI, I think perhaps long term it might be a good thing. Ilya is quite impressive and his having greater influence with Altman gone may result in them exploring more interesting avenues that have long term value which might not have been as prioritized with a focus on maximizing short term rollouts.
While the way the board handled it wasn't great optics, this is probably going to be an overall positive shakeup for AI and LLMs in 2024-2025.