Facile gold-catalyzed hydrohydrazidation of alkynes with various hydrazides R²CONHNH₂ (R = Alk or Ar; including those with an additional nucleophilic moiety) in the presence of Ph₃PAuNTf₂ (6 mol %) leading to a wide range of substituted keto-N-acylhydrazones (18 examples) in excellent to good yields (99-66%) is reported. This novel metal-catalyzed coupling proceeds under mild conditions (chlorobenzene, 60 °C), exhibits high functional group tolerance, and is insensitive to the electronic and steric effects of the substituents in the reactants.