What StatusPage.io is doing seems trivial, except their servers with statuses may be up while yours are down. I'm surprised projects like these get VC backing.

What StatusPage.io is doing seems trivial, except their servers with statuses may be up while yours are down. I'm surprised projects like these get VC backing. I expect StatusPage.io could make money, don't get me wrong, but not in VC-expected-return territory.